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WILLIAM  W.  WOODBUKY. 


HISTORY 


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OF    THE 


0F  P0RT12AND,  MAINE. 


What  it  has  Originated  and  jteomplished  Sinee  its  Organisation; 
Constitution  and  By-Iiaus,  OFiginal  and  present  Membership. 


WITH  ILLUSTRATIONS. 


COMPILED  AND  PUBLISHED  UNDER  DIRECTION  OF  THE  BOARD, 

BY  THE  SECRETARY. 
1887. 


PORTLAND,  MAINE: 

PRESS  OF  FORD  &  RICH, 

1887. 


PREFACE. 


To  answer  an  oft  repeated  inquiry  as  to  the  object  of  the  Board 
of  Trade,  and  what  it  has  done  for  the  benefit  of  Portland,  as  well  as 
to  preserve  its  past  history  for  the  guidance  and  satisfaction  of  those 
who  may  administer  its  affairs  in  future,  and  in  accordance  with  a 
vote  of  the  Board  of  Managers,  adopted  May  6,  1886,  I  have  en- 
deavored to  briefly  sketch  a  digest  of  its  most  important  work,  or  so 
much  as  would  be  of  interest  to  perpetuate  in  history,  together  with 
such  reference  to  the  men  identified  more  prominently  with  that 
work,  as  these  limits  permit. 

The  Records  of  the  Board  having  been  destroyed  in  the  great 
fire  of  '66,  I  have  been  obliged  to  draw  chiefly  upon  memory  for 
whatever  did  not  appear  in  public  print  during  the  first  ten  years 
of  the  Board's  existence.  But  I  am  satisfied  that  with  my  five 
annual  reports  of  the  Trade  and  Commerce  of  Portland,  published 
by  the  Board  previous  to  1874,  and  the  following  sketches,  that  a 
fairly  intelligent  nucleus  is  furnished  for  the  future  historian  of  the 
Board. 

M.  N.  RICH,  Secretary. 


M'4215580 


THE  OFFICIAL?  SEAL 

Representing  the  Goddess  of  Commerce  seated  in  the  foreground 
with  the  left  arm  reclining  on  the  corporate  seal  of  the  city  of 
Portland,  while  the  right  hand  clutches  the  anchor  of  Hope,  and  the 
rising  sun  illuminates  the  shipping  and  other  emblems  of  Commerce 
in  the  back  or  water  prospective,  the  whole  being  encircled  with  the 
official  title  of  the  corporation.  The  seal  was  designed  by  Secretary 
Rich  and  adopted  by  the  Board  in  1864. 


PRESIDENTS 


OF    THE 


ABOARD    OK 


WILLIAM  W.  WOODBURY,  -  1853.* 

JOHN  B.  BROWN,  -  1853  to  1863. 

T.C.HERSEY,     -        - { llg  £  i'I£ 

JOXAS  H.  PERLEY,     -  -  1868  to  1870. 

WOODBURY  S.  DANA,  -  187^0  to  1873. 

GEORGE  W.  WOODMAN,  -  1874  to  1878. 

CHARLES  H.  HASKELL,  -  1878  to  1879. 

SAMUEL  J.  ANDERSON,  -                  ...  1879  to  1883. 

GEORGE  P.  WESCOTT,  -  1883  to  1885. 

JOSEPH  E.  BLABON.  -  1885  to 

*  Resigned. 


6  s  BOARD    OF  TRADE, 


WILLIAM  W.  WOODBURY. 

Mr.  Woodbury  was  elected  as  the  first  President  of  the  Board 
on  account  of  his  public  spirit  and  the  hearty  support  that  he 
gave  towards  effecting  its"  organization,  but  press  of  business 
did  not  justify  his  acceptance,  and  he  shortly  after  resigned  the 
office.  Subsequent!}7  he  took  an  active  part  in  the  formation 
of  the  Merchants  Exchange,  of  which  he  was  a  charter  member. 

JOHN  B.  BROWN. 

Mr.  Brown  was  the  first  active  President  of  the  Board,  and 
filled  the  office  for  ten  successive  years,  the  longest  term  held 
by  any  other  presiding  officer.  His  administration  was  charact- 
erized with  a  vigor  that  at  once  insured  the  prosperity  of  the 
Board,  and  demonstrated  its  usefulness  in  aiding  the  develop- 
ments and  shaping  the  progress  of  the  city,  at  the  new  business 
era  upon  which  it  was  then  just  entering.  Mr  Brown's  interest 
in  the  Board  never  flagged,  and  his  opinions  and  advice  on  busi- 
ness matters  was  always  regarded  as  sound,  and  his  council  on 
public  affairs  always  had  great  weight;  he  was  a  recognized 
leader  among  his  fellowmen. 

THEOPHILUS  C.  HERSEY. 

Mr.  Hersey  probably  devoted  more  time  and  care,  and  held 
the  interests  of  the  Board  of  Trade  nearer  to  his  heart  than  any 
other  man  of  his  day.  From  its  organization  to  the  day  of  his 
death,  in  1886,  he  ever  evinced  a  warm  interest  and  for  most  of 
the  time,  and  at  his  death,  was  one  of  its  Board  of  Managers. 
He  served  two  terms  as  President,  and  was  forced  to  decline 
further  honors  in  the  chair  on  account  of  failing  health.  He 
was  also  for  several  years  Vice  President  of  the  National  Board 
of  Trade,  and  reflected  honor  and  credit  upon  the  constituent 
organization  that  he  for  so  many  years  represented  with  such 
entire  acceptance  to  the  National  Board  The  constant  press 
of  business  in  which  he  was  so  industriously  involved,  never 


.JOHN  B. 


PORTLAND,    MAINE.  1 

prevented  him  from  attending  all  its  meetings  with  marked 
regularity  and  promptness,  and  it  is  doing  no  injustice  to  other^ 
to  say  that  he  was  one  of  the  most  devoted  and  useful  members 
that  the  Board  has  ever  had,  and  that  he  has  left  a  record  that 
few,  if  any,  will  equal  in  the  future  history  of  the  Board. 
JONAS  H.  PERLEY. 

Mr.  Perley  was  a  very  acceptable  and  dignified  presiding 
officer,  and  the  older  members  of  the  Board  remember  his  pleas- 
ant companionship  and  conscientious  efforts  in  all  his  duties  to 
the  Board.  An  active,  prosperous  business  man  at  the  time,  he 
took  deep  interest  in  the  establishment  of  water  communication 
with  the  eastern  ports  of  the  State  and  was  for  a  time  agent  of 
the  Eastern  Packet  Co.,  until  he  removed  to  the  West,  where 
he  has  experienced  rather  a  varied  fortune,  but  his  many  friends 
here  remember  him  for  his  unselfish  public  spirit  and  devotion 
to  the  common  prosperity  of  his  former  home  in  years  agone. 

WOODBURY  S.  DANA. 

Mr.  Dana  was  one  of  the  most  prompt  and  business-like  pre- 
siding officers  that  the  Board  has  ever  had ;  always  in  the  chair 
at  the  appointed  hour,  the  gavel  would  fall  whether  a  quorum 
was  present  or  not.  The  members  soon  caught  this  spirit  of 
promptness,  and  business  was  jogged  off  with  less  delay  and 
more  satisfaction  to  business  men.  Pleasant  and  affable  in  the 
chair,  alive  to  all  the  duties  of  the  hour,  Mr.  Dana's  is  remem- 
bered as  one  of  the  most  useful  and  pleasant  administrations  in 
the  work  of  the  Board.  Mr.  Dana  has  been  long  in  the  Board 
of  Management  and  is  closely  identified  with  all  its  work,  in 
which  he  takes  a  lively  interest  to  this  day. 

GEORGE  W.  WOODMAN. 

Mr.  Woodman,  from  the  organization  of  the  Board  through 
all  its  years  of  service  down  to  the  present  time,  has  been 
always  faithful  and  constant  in  all  his  varied  duties  to  the 
organization,  probably  no  one  making  greater  sacrifices  than 
Mr.  Woodman  to  promote  the  welfare  of  the  Board  and  its 
work,  with  a  force  and  zeal  that  has  always  commanded  the 


8  BOARD    OF  TRADE. 

highest  respect  and  deferance  of  his  associates.  As  presiding 
officer  he  possessed  the  good  qualification  of  dignity,  promptness 
and  clearness  of  decision,  and  a  familiarity  with  parliamentary 
usages  that  was  of  great  advantage  to  him  in  discussions  and 
the  ready  dispatch  of  business.  He  is  regarded  as  one  of  the 
bulwarks  of  the  Board  and  is  held  in  the  highest  respect  by  all 
its  members. 

CHARLES  H.  HASKELL. 

Mr.  Haskell  was  a  sharp  and  vivacious  man,  and  his  quick 
and  ready  conception  and  honest  fidelity  to  his  convictions, 
made  him  an  enthusiast  in  whatever  business  he  engaged,  hence 
he  was  ever  characterized  as  a  power  in  whatever  station  he 
filled,  and  his  long  and  faithful  services  on  the  Board  of  Man- 
agement, as  Treasurer  for  nine  years,  well  equipped  him  for  the 
position  of  presiding  officer,  which  he  discharged  with  much 
ability  and  acceptance. 

SAMUEL  J.  ANDERSON. 

General  Anderson  was  a  vigorous  and  dignified  presiding 
officer.  Courteous  to  his  associates,  he  discharged  the  duties  of 
his  office  with  a  dash  and  firmness  that  carried  the  honest  con- 
victions of  his  fidelity  to  the  duties  of  his  office,  and  on  public 
occasions  was  a  brilliant  exponent  of  the  business  interests  of 
his  city  and  State,  always  possessing  a  keene  appreciation  of 
the  responsibilities  of  his  office,  and  exercised  great  care  to  sub- 
ordinate his  own  private  opinions  to  the  will  of  the  majority,  and 
is  still  in  the  Board  of  Management,  and  much  respected. 

GEORGE  P.  WESCOTT. 

Mr.  Wescott  was  one  of  the  most  industrious  and  pleasant 
officers  that  has  filled  the  chair.  Of  large  business  experience, 
he  grappled  with  the  most  intricate  questions  with  an  irresist- 
able  force  and  persistance  that  made  his  administration  one  of 
continued  success,  and  the  Board  did  not  flag  in  interest  nor 
power  while  he  was  at  its  head,  and  he  vacated  the  office  much 
to  the  regret  of  his  associates,  and  carried  in  his  retirement  the 
universal  good  wishes  of  all. 


PORTLAND,   MAINE.  9 

JOSEPH  E.  BLABON. 

Mr.  Blabon,  now  filling  the  chair  of  President  for  the  second 
term,  is  a  very  popular  and  able  officer,  and  though  naturally  of 
quiet  and  unpretentious  disposition,  commands  the  universal 
respect  of  his  fellow  citizens  and  of  all  the  members  of  the 
Board.  He  patiently  and  persistently  studies  the  duties  of  the 
Board  in  all  matters  of  public  interest,  and  vigorously  pursues 
and  pushes  the  influence  of  the  Board  to  accomplish,  ultimately, 
the  work  of  his  convictions.  His  administration  promises  to  be 
one  of  the  most  prosperous  and  successful  in  its  already  long 
line  of  faithful  servants. 

TREASURERS. 

Mr.  Jonas  H.  Perley  was  elected  treasurer  at  the  organization 
in  1853,  and  appears  to  have  served  until  1860,  and  was  succeed- 
ed by  Orlando  M.  Marrett,  who  served  from  1860  to  1864.  Then 
Charles  H.  Haskell  from  1864  to  1874,  when  Augustus  E. 
Stevens  was  elected  treasurer,  but  shortly  after  resigned,  and 
Charles  S.  Fobes  was  elected  in  1874,  and  has  been  successively 
re-elected  every  year  since,  and  in  that  capacity  has  been  a  very 
valuable  member  of  the  Board  of  Management  in^debates  and 
as  a  counselor. 

SECRETARIES. 

Henry  Fox,  Esq.,  was  the  first  secretary  of  the  Board,  being 
elected  at  the  organization  in  1853,  and  was  succeeded  by  John 
Q.  Twitcliell  in  1862,  who  served  till  1864.  Marshall  N.  Rich 
succeeded  Mr.  Twitchell  in  January,  1864,  and  has  been  unan- 
imously re-elected  every  succeeding  year;  and  since  the  death 
of  Mr.  Porter,  of  Baltimore,  last  year,  is  now  the  oldest  Secre- 
tary in  continued  service  in  the  United  States. 

WHO    HAVE   BEEX   ACTIVE    MEMBERS. 

Without  intending  any  invidious  distinction,  but  rather  to 
bear  in  pleasant  recollection  their  devoted  and  earnest  efforts  in 
behalf  of  the  public  interests  that  involved  the  attention  of  the 
Board  from  time  to  time,  in  the  past  twenty-five  years,  and 
whose  names  do  not  otherwise  appear  in  official  prominence, 


10  BOARD    OF  TRADE, 

we  recall  the  names  of  the  following  members,  who  in  their 
day  have  either  held  offices  or  have  been  identified  with  the 
active  workers  in  the  Board,  viz:  Capt.  John  B  Coyle,  Fred'k 
Davis,  John  A.  Poor,  John  M.  Wood,  Thos.  R.  Jones,  John 
Purrington,  Rufus  E.  Wood,  N.  J.  Miller,  John  G.  Tolford,  N. 
P.  Woodbury,  Wm.  H.  Foye,  John  True,  Wm.  Chase,  Cyrus  S. 
Clark,  Capt.  Chas.  M.  Davis,  Capt.  Wm.  Ross,  Capt.  E.  D. 
Choate,  Capt.  S.  Blanchard,  Capt.  Dan'l  Hood,  Samuel  Tyler, 
T.  C.  Stevens.  James  Olcott  Brown,  Orlando  M.  Marrett,  Lu- 
ther Dana,  James  S.  Bedlow,  Ira  J.  Batchelder,  Thos.  R.  Hayes, 
James  Freeman,  A.  K.  Shurtleff,  Wm  L.  Southard,  Jos.  Hale, 
J.  W.  Dyer,  Benj.  Stevens  Jr,  Jas.  E.  Fernald,  Thos.  E.  Twitch- 
ell,  Warren  Brown,  Alvah  Conant,  Edwin  Churchill,  Rensalaer 
Cram,  Andrew  Spring,  A.  L.  Hobson,  Isaac  Jackson,  Hosea 
Kendall,  Frank  O.  Libby,  Abner  Lowell,  John  Randall,  Joseph 
Wescott,  H.  I.  Robinson,  Augustus  E.  Stevens,  Wm.  A.  Win- 
ship,  Samuel  E.  Spring,  Israel  Washburn,  Jr.,  Edmund  Phin- 
ney,  A.  H.  F.  Furbush,  Chas.  McLaughlin. 

And  of  those  still  living,  but  who  have  retired  from  the  more 
active  duties  of  business,  and  do  not  so  often  appear  in  the 
councils  of  the  Board,  we  might  in  this  connection  recognize 
the  former  good  work  of  the  following,  we  trust  without  excit- 
ing the  jealousy  of  ttte  younger  recognized  active  members : — 
Oliver  Gerrish,  Ezra  Carter,  John  C.  Proctor,  E.  E.  Upham, 
Moses  Gould,  Reuben  Kent,  Thos.  H.  Weston,  Geo.  F.  Foster, 
Chas.  A.  Stackpole,  Edward  M.  Patten,  Wm.  Deering,  Chas.  P. 
Kimball,  J.  W.  Waterhouse,  J.  W.  Munger,  Jacob  McLellan, 
Jas.  L.  Farmer,  Washington  Ryan,  Daniel  F.  Emery. 


T.   C.   H  HUSKY 


THE  BOARD  OF  TRADE: 


ITS  ORIGIN,  AND  HISTORY  OF  ITS  PROGRESS. 

At  the  commencement  of  the  new  era  in  the  modes  and  meth- 
ods of  business,  that  so  generally  pervaded  the  length  and 
breadth  of  this  country  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago, 
by  the  introduction  of  rapid  transit  and  swift  communication ; 
when  the  attention  of  the  world  was  being  directed  to  the  geo- 
graphical advantages  of  terminal  points,  and  Portland  was 
beginning  to  realize  the  dawn  of  European  commerce  by  direct 
steamship  lines — the  fruition  of  its  hopes — centered  in  the  unri- 
valed advantages  of  location,  climate,  depth  of  water,  shore  line, 
proximity  to  so  much  and  valuable  water  power — its  most 
sagacious  people  could  foresee  that,  in  the  great  race  of  compe- 
tition for  power  and  greatness,  even  her  share  of  the  commerce 
of  the  world  was  not  to  be  dropped  in  the  lap  of  Portland  with- 
out steady  and  persistant  effort  and  struggle  even  to  keep  pace 
in  the  ktjostle  and  scramble"  then  already  so  apparent,  that  lead- 
ing business  men  became  firmly  impressed  that  the  greatest 
efficiency  could  only  be  realized  through  the  united  efforts 
of  the  various  interests  and  industries  of  the  city  and  State, 
in  an  organization  representing  these  interests  in  such  manner 
as  to  voice  the  wishes  and  will  of  the  people  in  the  most  effect- 
ive manner.  Accordingly  the  project  of  a  BOARD  OF  TRADE 
was  considered,  and  a  meeting  called  for  organization  at  the 
rooms  of  the  Mercantile  Library  Association,  in  Free  St.,  on  the 
ninth  of  May,  1853. 

The  fundamental  principals  of  such  organization  were  ably 
set  forth  by  its  projectors,  and  embodied  the  following  general 
ideas :  "That  the  efforts  of  the  Board  be  directed  to  give  tone 


12  BOARD    OF  TRADE, 

and  energy  to  the  various  branches  of  trade,  and  in  securing 
the  advantages  which  the  position  of  the  city  offers  to  commerce 
and  manufactures,  consider  all  subjects  of  internal  improve- 
ments agitated  in  the  community,  brought  before  the  Board  by 
its  members ;  and  where  legislation  is  required  in  making  such 
improvements,  direct  its  efforts  in  a  firm  and  vigorous  manner 
to  encourage  and  promote  in  every  possible  way  its  commercial 
and  industrial  progress,  so  as  to  give  the  fullest  development  to 
all  the  natural  advantages  of  the  port,  and  provide  for  speedy 
and  ample  transportation  of  merchandise  throughout  the  State  ; 
adjust  matters  relating  to  trade,  and  to  establish  such  customs 
and  ordinances  as  shall  secure  and  maintain  a  unity  of  action 
for  the  public  good  ;  and  such  general  supervision  of  the  harbor 
necessary  to  prevent  encroachments  and  secure  sufficient  depth 
of  water;  establish  port  regulations  and  suitable  harbor  and 
coast  defences  so  as  to  render  it  safe  at  all  times,  and  to  facili- 
tate in  every  possible  way  encouragement  of  commerce,  and  to 
prevent  discrimination  to  our  disadvantage  in  the  movement  of 
merchandise  on  the  sea,  or  on  the  land : "  the  importance  also 
of  bringing  the  merchants  and  business  men  together  once  a 
day  on  'change  from  12i  until  1  o'clock  P.  M.,  in  front  of  the 
Post  Office,  in  order  to  cultivate  and  promote  a  business  ac- 
quaintance and  to  unite  in  mutual  efforts  to  enhance  the  inter- 
ests of  all,  was  recognized  as  an  element  to  be  promoted  by  the 
organization. 

After  discussing  whether  to  adopt  the  name  of  "Chamber  of 
Commerce"  or  "Board  of  Trade"  the  latter  title  was  adopted, 
together  with  the  following  : 

Preamble — Believing  in  the  necessity  of  an  association  of  citizens  to  give 
tone  and  energy  to  their  efforts  in  securing  the  advantages  which  the  position  of 
the  city  offers  to  commerce,  trade  and  manufactures ;  as  well  as  to  promote  unity 
of  action,  and  to  cultivate  a  more  intimate  and  friendly  acquaintance  among  the 
business  men  of  the  city;  and  that  these  ends  may  he  obtained  by  the  establish- 
ment of  a  Board  of  Trade:  We,  citizens  of  Portland,  do  therefore  agree  to 
form  such  an  association,  and  to  be  governed  by  the  constitution  and  code  of 
by-laws 


PORTLAND,   MAINE. 


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•JEDEDIAH  JEWETT, 


*T.  C.  HERSEY, 


The  organization  was  completed  by  the  choice  of  the  follow- 
ing officers : 

PRESIDENT, 

*WM.   W.    WOODBUKY. 

VICE   PRESIDENTS, 

H.  J.  LIBBY. 

DIRECTORS, 

JAMES  L.  FARMER,  *CHAS.  M.  DAVIS, 

*EBEN  STEELE,  *HIRAM  COVELL, 

GEO.  W.  WOODMAN,  *A.  K.  SHURTLEFF, 

*JOHN  C.  BROOKS. 

TREASURER, 

JONAS  H.  PERLEY. 

SECRERAKY, 

HENRY    FOX. 

COMMITTEE   OF   ARBITRATION, 

*N.  F.  DEERING,  *A.  L.  HOBSON, 

H.  J.  LIBBY,  *C.  S.  CARTER, 

*CHARLES  M.  DAVIS. 

PORT   WARDENS, 

*WM.  CAMMETT, 


P.  H.  Brown, 
*Nath'l  Blanchard, 
*Henry  Bailey, 
*J.  L.  Boothby, 
*Alvah  Conant, 

C.  H.  Cram, 

N.  O.  Cram, 
*Merritt  Coolidge, 

Eben  Corey. 
*Caleb  S.  Carter, 

John  Conley, 
*Charles  E.  Cram, 
*Daniel  L.  Choate, 
*Luther  Dana, 

W.  S.  Dana, 
*Fred'k  Davis, 
*N.  F.  Deering, 
*Hophni  Eaton, 
*Daniel  Evans, 

J.  S.  Fillebrown, 
*Jas.  E.  Fernald, 
*D.  H.  Furbish, 


MEMBERS, 

J.  H.  Fletcher, 
J.  B.  Fillebrown, 
*Eliphalet  Greely, 
*Wni.  Hammond, 
*J.  F.  Hall, 
*Edw.  Howe, 
*Chas.  H.  Haskell, 
*Joseph  Hale. 
H.  H.  Hay, 
*A.  L.  Hobson, 
*Robert  Ilsley, 
*Luther  Jewett, 
*William  Kimball, 
*E.  M.  Leavitt, 
James  W.  Leavitt, 
John  Lynch, 
James  S.  Marrett, 
*A.  R.  Mitchell, 
*Reuben  Ordway, 
*Seward  W.  Porter, 
*John  Purington, 
*J.  C.  Remick, 


*CHAS.  M.  DAVIS. 

*J.  W.  Russell, 
*Jas.  E.  Robinson, 
*Nath'l  Ross, 
*Abner  Shaw, 
*A.  E.  Stevens, 

Thos.  Shaw, 
*St.  John  Smith, 

O.  P.  Shepherd, 

William  Senter, 
*William  Stewart, 

H.  P.  Storer, 
*Sam'l  Tyler, 

C.  C.  Tolman, 
*W.  W.  Woodbury, 
*John  M.  Wood, 
*Rufus  E.  Wood, 
*Wm.  H.  Wood, 

Alfred  Woodman, 
*S.  B.  Waite, 

Thomas  H.  Weston. 


*  Deceased— 54.    Now  living— 25. 


14  BOARD    OF  TRADE, 

At  a  subsequent  meeting  Mr.  Woodbury  sent  in  his  resigna- 
tion as  President,  and  John  B.  Brown,  Esq.,  was  unanimously 
elected  to  that  office,  to  which  he  was  afterwards  successively 
re-elected  until  1863,  when  he  declined  a  further  election,  and 
was  succeeded  by  Hon.  T.  C.  Hersey. 

INCORPORATION. 

Early  in  the  following  year  the  Board  of  Trade,  of  Portland, 
was  incorporated  by  the  following  Act  of  Legislature,  approved 
March  22,  1854. 

STATE  OF  MAINE. 
In  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  fifty- 

four,  an  act  to  incorporate  the  Board  of  Trade,  of  Portland. 
Be  it  enacted  l)y  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in 

Legislature  assembled,  as  follows: 

SECTION  1.  The  Board  of  Trade  of  Portland,  a  voluntary 
association  now  existing  in  the  city  of  Portland  for  the  purpose 
of  securing  the  advantages  which  the  position  of  the  city  offers 
to  commerce,  trade  and  manufactures,  is  hereby  created  a  body 
politic  and  corporate  by  the  same  name  and  with  power  to  take 
by  purchase,  bequest,  or  otherwise,  and  to  hold,  transfer  and 
convey  real  and  personal  property  to  the  amount  of  fifty  thous- 
and dollars,  the  legal  title  of  which  shall  be  in  the  Board  of 
Managers. 

SECTION  2.  Such  corporation  shall  have  power  to  prose- 
cute and  defend  suits  of  law  and  in  equity ;  to  have  and  to  use 
a  common  seal ;  to  appoint  two  or  more  port  wardens,  and  such 
number  of  pilots  for  the  harbor  of  Portland,  as  said  Board  may 
deem  necessary  for  the  safety  and  convenience  of  the  commerce 
of  said  port,  and  also  to  fix  such  compensation  for  the  services 
of  said  pilots,  as  said  Board  may  deem  just  and  reasonable  ;  also 
to  appoint  a  committee  of  arbitration  to  decide  all  disputed 
accounts,  contracts  and  controversies  of  a  mercantile  or  com- 
mercial character  that  may  be  brought  before  said  Committee 
by  the  members  of  said  Board ;  and  the  present  constitution  and 
by-laws  of  said  Board  of  Trade,  not  repugnant  to  the  constitution 
and  laws  of  this  State,  shall  continue  in  force  under  said  cor- 


PORTLAND,   MAINE.  15 

poration  until  changed  by  the  corporation ;  and  shall  have  all 
the  powers  and  privileges,  and  be  subject  to  all  the  duties  and 
liabilities  belonging  to  similar  corporations  in  this  State. 

IN  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES,  ) 
March  17th,  1854.  J 

This  bill  having  had  three   several   readings,   passed   to  be 
enacted. 

PR'S  G.  BUTLER,  Speaker,  pro  tern. 

IN  SENATE,  March  18,  1854. 
This  bill  having  had  two  several  readings,  passed  to  be  enacted. 

S.  STARK,  President,  pro  tern. 
March  22,  1854,     Approved. 

WM.  G.  CROSBY. 


The   existing   constitution  and   by-laws   were   subsequently 
adopted  and  are  in  force  to-day. 


THE  EARLY  HISTORY  OF  THE  BOARD 

Was  not  unlike  that  of  kindred  organizations  of  its  day,  of 
other  and  larger  municipalities,  attracting  but  little  attention 
nor  carrying  much  influence  until  it  began  to  operate  in  the 
developement  of  commerce,  and  in  extending  manufacturing 
interests  and  shaping  the  City's  natural  advantages  with  a 
power  and  influence  not  hitherto  reached,  giving  a  vigorous 
co-operation  soon  felt  and  recognised  abroad  as  an  agency  des- 
tined to  place  Portland  in  her  proper  rank  among  the  commer- 
cial cities  of  the  world. 

Before  the  Board  had  a  permanent  home,  its  meetings  were 
held  for  a  while  in  the  Mercantile  Library  Rooms  in  the  Free 
Street  Block,  in  the  uFox  Block,"  on  Middle  Street,  and  occa- 
sionally at  Mr.  Brown's  counting  room,  or  at  Collector  Jewett's 
office  in  the  Custom  House,  until  it  moved  to  its  present  local- 
ity on  Exchange  Street,  in  1863. 

The  greatest  and  most  important  event  in  the  first  year's 
history  of  the  Board  was  the  Dinner  given  at  Lancaster  Hall, 


16  BOARD    OF  TRADE, 

on  the  twentieth  of  December,  1853,  in  honor  of  the  arrival  of 
the  British  Steamer,  Sarah  Sands  at  this  port,  this  being  the 
pioneer  ship  in  the  opening  of  regular  steam  communication 
between  Europe  and  Portland.  The  event  was  a  momentous 
one  for  Portland,  and  was  creditably  recognized  and  commemo- 
rated by  her  citizens,  in  which  the  Board  of  Trade  figured  most 
conspicuously. 

The  Sarah  Sands,  a  steamship  of  1300  tons,  belonging  to  the 
Canadian  Steam  Navigation  Company,  commanded  by  Captain 
Washington  Ilsley,  a  native  of  Portland,  left  Liverpool  for 
Portland  on  the  28th  of  November,  1853,  with  two  hundred 
and  five  passengers  and  full  freight,  making  the  passage  in 
eighteen  days  and  ten  hours — her  arrival  was  heralded  by  the 
ringing  of  bells  and  the  firing  of  cannon — the  whole  town  soon 
filled  the  streets  and  covered  the  wharves,  and  great  was  the 
pomp  and  circumstance  surrounding  the  occasion.  The  Board 
of  Trade  having  previously  invited  the  notables  and  dignataries 
of  Canada  connected  with  the  Steamship  Company,  as  well  as 
with  the  Atlantic  and  St.  Lawrence  Railroad  Company,  to  be 
present  at  a  Banquet  to  be  given  here  three  days  after  the  arri- 
val of  the  Sarah  Sands,  consequently  there  was  quite  a  large 
"foreign  element"  present  to  welcome  the  event.  Probably  if 
the  whole  of  England  should  be  dumped  into  Portland  harbor 
to-day  it  would  not  create  more  consternation  and  ufuss"  than 
did  the  "Sarah  Sands"  swinging  at  her  anchor  in  our  harbor 
on  that  day  of  her  arrival. 

The  two  hundred  and  five  passengers  were  fairly  landed  on 
the  first  day,  also  the  mails,  but  it  took  about  two  weeks  to 
unload  and  dispatch  the  cargo  of  a  thirteen  hundred  ton  ship, 
whereas  now  we  see  a  six  thousand  ton  ship  discharged  at  our 
wharves  in  thirty-six  hours ;  but  Mr.  Bellhouse  the  agent  of  the 
Sarah  Sands  insisted  upon  having  all  matters  "  amicably  adjus- 
ted "  before  he  would  allow  the  unloading  of  the  ship  to  proceed, 
and  then  no  faster  than  the  goods  could  be  landed  in  good  order. 

On  the  next  Monday,  December  twentieth,  the  Board  of 
Trade  celebrated  the  coming  in  of  the  Sarah  Sands  by  a  grand 


JONAS  H.  PEKLEY. 


PORTLAND,   MAINE.  17 

dinner  at  Lancaster  Hall,  on  the  corner  of  Congress  and  Centre 
Streets,  erected  by  the  late  Hon.  John  B.  Brown,  who  was  then 
President  of  the  Board  of  Trade,  and  who  presided  at  the  din- 
ner. The  occasion  was  made  memorable  by  many  happy  inci- 
dents, and  its  success  was  largely  due  to  Messrs.  Jedediah 
Jewett,  T.  C.  Hersey,  Charles  M.  Davis,  H.  J.  Libby,  Edwin 
Churchill  and  George  W.  Woodman,  who  with  the  president 
constituted  the  committee. 

The  hall  on  this  occasion  was  handsomely  decorated,  and  the 
Lion  and  Eagle,  surrounded  by  the  national  colors  of  both 
countries,  were  conspicuous  among  the  decorations.  The  tables 
were  elegantly  spread,  and  the  feast  was  prepared  by  Mr.  R.  L. 
Robinson;  the  bills  of  fare  were  printed  on  white  satin.  About 
six  o'clock  the  company  entered  the  hall,  and  the  festivities 
were  prolonged  until  a  late  hour  in  the  evening. 

The  post-prandial  exercises  were  opened  by  Mr.  Jedediah 
Jewett,  who  gave  us  a  toast  "United  States  and  Canada/'  This 
was  followed  by  the  baud  playing,  "Hail,  Columbia !"  and  "Rule, 
Britannia!"  Rev.  Dr.  Carruthers,  of  the  Second  Parish,  who 
had  resided  five  years  in  Montreal,  responded  for  Canada.  He 
was  followed  in  a  short  speech  by  Mr.  Bellhouse,  agent  of  the 
Canadian  Navigation  Company,  which  corporation,  acting  with 
the  Atlantic  &  St.  Lawrence  Railroad,  had  chartered  the  first 
foreign  steamer  to  this  port.  Mr.  Bellhouse  announced  that 
the  Sarah  Sands  was  to  be  followed  b}'  the  steamer  "Cleopatra" 
(1500  tons)  which  would  be  the  next  ship  dispatched  to  Port- 
land. 

Mayor  J.  B.  Cahoon,  in  responding  to  the  sentiment  "The 
City  of  Portland,"  made  the  speech  of  welcome.  It  was  a 
splendid  effort. 

The  health  of  Capt.  Ilsley  was  proposed,  and  as  he  rose  to 
thank  the  assembly  for  the  honor  done  him,  the  sweet  strains  of 
"Home,  Sweet  Home,"  were  played  by  the  band.  The  Captain 
spoke  briefly,  but  to  the  point.  His  former  associations  with 
Portland  were  feelingly  remembered,  and  while  he  congratulated 
our  citizens  upon  the  commercial  outlook,  he  felt  proud  of  the 


18  BOARD   OF  TRADE, 

honor  given  him  of  bringing  into  port  the  first  steamship  of  the 
line. 

A  toast  was  next  given  Judge  William  P.  Preble,  the  first 
president  of  the  Atlantic  and  St.  Lawrence  Railroad.  Judge 
Preble  was  ill  at  home,  but  a  note  from  him  was  listened  to  with 
pleasure.  Hon.  Josiah  S.  Little  responded  for  the  Grand  Trunk 
Railway,  remarks  were  made  by  Rev.  Dr.  Nichols,  and  Gen. 
Samuel  Fessenden  delivered  a  long  and  able  speech. 

The  health  of  "Her  Majesty  the  Queen,"  was  proposed  by 
Charles  P.  Ilsley,  and  in  his  allusions  to  the  Sarah  Sands  the 
genial  "Pic"  was  at  his  best.  Mr.  D.  Starr,  the  British  consul 
at  this  port,  replied  to  the  toast  to  Queen  Victoria.  Mr.  Charles 
Holclen,  then  editor  of  the  Argus,  responded  for  "the  press  of 
Portland  and  Montreal."  Sir  Alexander  T.  Gait,  and  many 
other  Canadian  notables,  expected  to  attend  the  dinner,  but 
could  not  reach  this  city  in  season. 

Among  other  speakers  of  the  evening  are  recalled  the  names 
of  John  A.  Poor,  Mr.  Rynas  of  Montreal,  Mr.  Barnes,  T.  C. 
Hersey,  Mr.  Mitchell  of  Montreal,  P.  F.  Varnum,  C.  A.  Alex- 
ander, Capt.  Edwin  Churchill,  J.  B.  Fillebrown,  Henry  Fox,  Mr. 
Weston,  Thomas  H.  Talbot,  D.  H.  Furbush,  and  Mr.  Duane. 
During  the  evening  Mr.  John  Roberts  favored  the  company 
with  a  fine  song:  and  after  several  hours  of  enjoyment,  the  sing- 
ing of  "Auld  Lang  Syne"  brought  the  festivities  to  a  close,  and 
thus  the  first  complimentary  dinner  given  by  the  Board  of 
Trade  passed  into  history  as  an  occasion  worthy  of  long  remem- 
befance. 

The  next  dinner  given  by  the  Board  was  in  1856,  to  Capt. 
Wm.  McMasters,  of  steamer  Anglo-Saxon,  the  first  ship  of  the 
Edmonstone,  Allan  &  Co.  line  (which  succeeded  the  Canadian 
line)  and  was  served  by  Nathan  J.  Davis  at  the  Commercial 
House,  then  situated  on  Fore  street,  opposite  the  present 
Custom  House. 

STEAMSHIP  "GREAT  EASTERN." 

Next  to  the  advent  of  the  first  steamer  to  Portland  in  im- 
portance that  the  Board  of  Trade  had  to  grapple  with  in  its 
early  days,  was  the  prospective  coining  to  the  "natural  seaport" 


PORTLAND,  MAINE.  19 

of  the  largest  vessel  in  the  world.  Early  in  1856  it  was  inti- 
mated that  the  "Great  Eastern,"  then  building  in  England, 
would  probably  make  her  first  voyage  to  Portland  on  account 
of  our  abundant  depth  of  water  and  safe  anchorage  for  a  ship 
of  her  great  size  (18,915  tons).  The  Board  took  the  earliest 
opportunity  to  make  ample  arrangements  to  accommodate  the 
great  influx  of  visitors  that  the  event  promised  to  draw  to  the 
city  and  to  provide  suitable  dockage,  and  co-operated  with  the 
city  in  the  construction  of  the  two  large  piers  built  for  the  pur- 
pose at  a  cost  of  860,000,  that  stand  to  day  a  monument  of  the 
public  enterprise  of  the  citizens  of  Portland  of  that  day,  though 
the  ship  never  came  ;  it  was  from  no  want  of  ample  preparations 
on  their  part. 

COAST  COMMUNICATION. 

Previous  to  1860  it  had  become  evident  to  members  of  the 
Board,  that  not  only  the  long  line  of  sea  coast  towns  but  the 
British  Maritime  Provinces  should  be  supplied  with  better  and 
more  speedy  communication  with  this  port,  to  invite  the  trade 
that  would  naturally  seek  our  markets,  with  better  facilities 
for  moving  goods,  which  discussions  lead  to  the  inception  of 
the  International  Steamship  Company;  and  the  substantial  and 
beautiful  line  of  steamers  that  now  ply  between  Portland  and 
the  lower  Provinces  and  eastern  seaport  towns  of  the  State,  not 
only  took  its  origin  and  has  had  the  fostering  care  of  this 
Board,  but  a  regular  line  of  sailing  Packets  was  established  by 
the  Board,  soon  after,  to  reach  all  principal  ports  along  the 
coast  as  far  east  as  Jonesport  and  Machias,  which  subsequently 
eventuated  in  the  Steamers  DeWitt  Clinton,  to  Rockland  and 
Camden,  the  Charles  Houghton  to  Waldoboro,  and  finally  the 
establishment  of  the  Portland  and  Machias  Steamship  Com- 
pany, which  brought  thousands  of  dollars'  worth  of  business  to 
Portland  from  many  ports  that  had  not  previously  traded  a  dol- 
lars' worth  in  this  market. 

THE  VISIT  OF  WESTERN  MERCHANTS. 

Xot  only  did  the  Board  direct  its  attention  to  secure  the 
eastern  trade,  to  which  the  city  was  legitimately  entitled,  but 
it  had  now  become  patent  to  its  members  that  it  onlv  wanted  a 


20  BOARD    OF  TRADE. 

better  acquaintance  of  the  people  of  the  Western  cities  with 
our  people  and  our  advantages  and  opportunities  for  business, 
to  bring  a  large  trade,  to  secure  an  interchange  of  consign- 
ments. To  this  end,  in  June  1863,  Mr.  T.  C.  Hersey  offered 
the  following:  "Resolved,  that  an  inviation  be  extended  to  the 
Boards  of  Trade  of  Detroit,  Chicago,  and  Milwaukee,  to  visit 
Portland  at  such  time  in  July  or  August  as  may  be  agreed  on 
by  them."  It  was  subsequently  agreed  to  extend  same  invita- 
tion to  the  Montreal  and  Quebec  Boards.  The  invitations 
were  accepted  and  ample  preparations  made  for  their  reception 
and  entertainment,  and  on  the  evening  of  August  13th  the  sev- 
eral delegations  arrived  in  this  city,  numbering  about  one  hun- 
dred and  twenty-five  from  Chicago,  forty  from  Detroit,  fifty 
from  Milwaukee,  and  those  from  Canada  with  ladies  accom- 
panying Western  delegates,  made  about  two  hundred  and  fifty 
visitors,  many  of  whom  received  the  kind  hospitality  of  private 
residences,  as  guests  of  family  circles;  others,  guests  of  the 
Board  of  Trade  at  the  hotels,  where  the  most  liberal  and 
sumptuous  provisions  were  made  for  their  comfort  and  pleasant 
sojourn  while  here.  The  delegations  were  formerly  received 
by  the  citizens  the  following  morning  at  the  City  Hall,  where 
'change  was  held  from  11  until  2  o'cfock  P.  M.,  and  the  guests 
welcomed  to  the  hospitalities  of  the  city  by  the  President  of 
the  Board  of  Trade  and  the  Mayor,  and  the  time  occupied  in 
speech,  sentiment  and  social  intercourse,  and  in  the  evening 
the  Board  gave  a  levee  and  supper  in  City  Hall,  at  which  the 
ladies  were  invited,  and  which  proved  a  brilliant  affair  and 
afforded  great  pleasure  to  our  guests. 

HIGH  'CHANGE  AT  CITY  HALL. 

The  programme  invited  all  to  meet  at  eleven  o'clock  Friday, 
A.  M .,  at  the  new  City  Hall,  on  'change,  for  introduction  to 
members  of  the  Exchange  and  of  the  Board  of  Trade,  and  for  a 
general  hand  shaking  with  the  citizens.  The  black  boards  were 
in  position  there,  and  telegraphic  bulletins  displayed  from  time 
to  time  as  fast  as  received  throughout  the  morning.  Merchan- 
dise and  many  special  products  of  our  city  and  State  were  dis- 
played there  in  profusion,  and  for  a  while  we  enjoyed  all  the 


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PORTLAND,   MAINE.  21 

gush  and  bustle  of  a  Western  Board,  and  it  was  wonderful  how 
the  occasion  drew  out  and  widened  the  ideas  of  our  people 
and  how  many  "sharp  corners"  were  knocked  off  at  the  Island 
excursion  the  next  day,  will  never  be  wholly  known.  Like  a 
bunch  of  keys  the  committee  kept  the  "Brass  Band"  in  their 
pockets  during  the  whole  time,  and  had  music  on  all  and  every 
change  in  the  programme,  or  as  Porteous  said  "music  all  the 
time."  The  Island  feast  was  at  "Little  Quohog  Island,"  under 
the  following  committee  of  arrangements :  T.  C.  Hersey,  Jede- 
diah  Jewett,  W.  S.  Dana,  Jonas  H.  Perley,  Wm.  F.  Safford, 
Henry  Fox,  John  Lynch,  0.  M.  Marrett,  Thos.  E.  Twitchell, 
A.  K.  Shurtleff,  James  O.  Brown,  Wm.  L.  Southard,  James  E. 
Carter,  J.  B.  Fillebrown,  F.  O.  Libby,  F.  C.  Moody,  Geo.  W. 
Woodman, .E.  E.  Upham,  Rensallear  Cram,  Chas.  E.  Jose,  A. 
W.  H.  Clapp,  Daniel  F.  Emery,  M.  N.  Rich,  H.  I.  Robinson, 
John  Q.  Twitchell,  Jacob  McLellan,  Wm.  W.  Thomas,  Rufus  E. 
Wood,  St.  John  Smith,  H.  Warren  Lancy,  Nathan  Cummings, 
Horatio  Hill,  J.  C.  Stevens,  Ezra  Carter,  Jr.,  Augustus  E.  Ste- 
vens, Warren  Brown. 

THE  CLAM  BAKE. 

Saturday  morning  the  members  of  the  Board  and  of  the 
Merchants  Exchange  took  their  Western  friends  on  an  excur- 
sion among  the  islands  in  the  steamer  "Forest  City,"  visiting 
the  fortifications,  the  party  numbering  about  fifteen  hundred 
and  landing  on  Diamond  Island  enjoyed  a  New  England 
Clam  Bake,  the  bill  of  fare  including  sixty  bushels  clams,  ten 
bushels  potatoes,  sixty  dozen  ears  corn,  two  hundred  and  fifty 
lobsters,  ten  bushels  oysters,  twenty  codfish,  eighty  dozen  eggs, 
eighty  quarts  baked  beans,  one  hundred  gallons  coffee,  sixty 
gallons  ice  cream  and  a  good  supply  of  other  "fixings"  necess- 
ary to  enhance  the  "feast  of  wit  and  the  flow  of  soul."  The 
whole  thing  was  a  grand  success  and  repeatedly  acknowledged 
as  such  by  our  Western  friends.  Chicago  in  its  official  resolu- 
tions declared  "That  there  is  no  record  of  such  an  excursion, 
so  many  miles  of  rail  traveled  free,  such  generous  hospitalities 
and  unbounded  welcome  that  marked  an  era  in  the  connection 
of  the  East  with  the  West,  one  and  indivisible  now  and  for- 


22  BOARD    OF  TRADE, 

ever,"  and  the  Detroit  Board  resolved  uThat  never  in  the 
history  of  the  country  was  an  excursion  of  such  Imposing  num- 
bers, extended  journey  and  useful  purposes,  so  well  devised  and 
liberally  accomplished,  and  the  Milwaukee  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce resolved  "Never  was  there  a  more  generous  invitation  ex- 
tended by  the  commercial  men  of  an  Atlantic  city  to  their  com- 
mercial bretheren  in  the  West,  than  that  by  the  Board  of  Trade 
of  Portland,  and  none  can  ever  be  more  successfully  and  com- 
pletely carried  out  in  all  its  details  of  enjoyment.  The 
Detroit  Commercial  Advertiser  said :  "There  were  no  mistakes, 
no  jars,  and  whether  at  the  reception,  the  excursion,  or  levee, 
every  arrangement  was  complete,  every  preparation  ample  and 
everywhere  we  received  the  same  courteous  treatment,  the  same 
hospitalit}^." 

These  and  similiar  personal  expressions  from  most  all  of  our 
visitors  as  well  as  results  that  have  followed  are  reassuring  that 
the  objects  of  the  Board  were  fully  realized,  indeed  the  results 
of  acquaintances  thus  made,  can  scarcely  be  measured.  Large 
consignments  of  flour  and  grain  were  soon  made  to  Agencies 
here. 

FLOUR  INSPECTION. 

The  impetus  given  to  the  grain  and  flour  trade  by  the  visit 
of  so  many  Western  business  men  to  Portland,  soon  suggested 
the  necessity  of  a  Flour  Inspection  for  Portland  to  protect  the 
reputation  of  sales  made  in  this  market  and  the  Board  of  Trade 
early  in  that  year  appointed  an  efficient  committee  which  estab- 
lished a  standard  for  the  various  brands  adopted  by  the  trade, 
and  the  standard  samples  were  deposited  in  the  Board  of  Trade 
room  for  reference,  and  the  Board  was  empowered  to  nominate 
the  Inspector  who  was  to  hold  the  office  only  at  the  option  of 
the  Board,  and  to  which  body  the  Inspector  was  held  responsible 
for  the  faithful  and  efficient  discharge  of  his  duties.  This  sys- 
tem continued  with  satisfactory  results  until  the  great  fire  of 
1866  when  the  standard  samples  were  destroyed,  since,  which, 
there  has  been  less  attention  given  to  efficient  inspection,  and 
the  trade,  at  least  know  that  "Board  of  Trade"  brands  now  sold 
in  this  market  are  only  nominally  so. 


PORTLAND,    MAINE.  23 

DISCRIMINATING  RATES  OF  FREIGHT. 

Late  in  1862  considerable  complaint  was  made  by  our  mer- 
chants that  freight  from  the  West,  for  Boston  via  Portland, 
over  the  Grand  Trunk  road,  was  taking  the  preference  in  re- 
gard to  dispatch  as  well  as  rates  of  freight,  and  that  at  certain 
seasons  during  heavy  movements,  Portland's  local  freight  was 
often  refused,  to  give  dispatch  to  through  freight  to  Boston, 
even  at  less  rates  than  was  exacted  for  Portland,  hence  Port- 
land merchants  complained  that  such  ruinous  and  unfair  com- 
petition was  working  badly  for  Portland,  and  the  Board  took 
the  earliest  measures  to  have  Manager  Brydges  meet  the  Board 
in  conference,  upon  the  subject,  which  he  did  and  denied  the 
whole  complaint,  or  a  knowledge  of  any  such  injustice,  and 
promised  if  there  was  any  grounds  for  complaint  to  have  such 
obsticles  removed.  But  the  trouble  was  not  entirely  cured,  till 
the  citizens  took  a  determined  and  effective  action,  for  a  com- 
peting through  line  to  the  West,  of  which  we  speak  more  fully 
later  on. 

STEAM  CRUISERS. 

In  the  early  part  of  the  Rebellion,  after  the  Revenue  Cutter, 
Caleb  Gushing  had  been  destroyed  by  the  "Tacony  Pirates," 
and  the  exposed  and  unprotected  condition  of  our  harbor  and 
towns  along  the  extended  line  of  our  sea-coast,  being  thus  left 
without  any  armed  vessel,  the  Board  was  immediately  called 
together,  and  our  condition  in  the  exigencies  of  these  times  con- 
sidered, and  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy  urgently  requested  to  at 
once  place  an  efficient  war- steamer  or  armed  vessel  to  cruise  off 
our  port  and  coast  for  the  protection  of  our'  commerce.  The 
Secretary  of  the  Navy  at  once  complied  with  the  request  and 
also  despatched  a  Revenue  Cutter  to  do  this  duty  at  this  port 
temporarily,  until  the  fine  new  steam-cutter  Mahoning,  a  pow- 
erful and  swift  steamer,  in  command  of  Capt.  Webster,  was 
ready  for  service  and  was  subsequently  sent  to  this  station,  and 
rendered  most  valuable  service  in  these  waters  for  several  years 
thereafter. 

The  Board  subsequently  adopted  the  following  :  Resolved, 
That  we  recommend  all  ship  owners  to  place  on  board  their  ves- 


24  BOARD    OF  TRADE, 

sels  such  armament  and  additional  crew  as  will  protect  them 
against  the  attacks  of  the  small  piratical  cruisers  which  infest 
the  seas,  and  we  recommend  our  insurance  companies  to  encour- 
age such  arming  of  merchant  vessels,  by  discriminating  rates  of 
insurance. 

These  recommendations  were  generally  adopted  by  our  steam- 
ers and  larger  class  vessels. 

PRIZE  VESSELS. 

The  Board  expressed  the  opinion,  that  a  proportion  of  prize 
vessels,  captured  from  time  to  time  during  the  war,  if  brought 
to  Portland  could  be  sold  as  favorable  to  interested  parties,  as 
at  any  other  port,  and  with  less  delay  and  expense  attending 
the  ajudication  and  sale  here,  than  in  any  other  considerable 
port  on  the  Atlantic,  and  the  Board  adopted  a  resolution  re- 
questing the  Secretary  of  the  Navy  to  thus  dispose  of  vessels 
sold  under  reprisal. 

A  DRY  DOCK. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  1864  a  vigorous  movement  was 
made  towards  building  a  dry  dock  at  this  port,  of  a  capacity 
sufficient  to  take  out  the  largest  classed  vessels  afloat.  Since 
the  days  of  building  larger  class  vessels,  had  rendered  our  rail- 
ways inadequate  to  meet  the  necessities  of  commerce,  much  of 
which,  it  had  for  a  long  time  been  evident  was  being  diverted 
from  the  port,  by  the  reluctance  of  shipmasters,  in  all  parts  of 
the  world  to  take  freights,  or  to  charter  for  ports  without  suita- 
ble facilities  for  possible  needed  repairs.  To  this  end  a  com- 
mittee was  appointed  to  solicit  subscriptions  to  stock,  and  in 
five  days  the  necesary  amount  of  8150,000  was  subscribed.  A 
charter  was  obtained  and  the  present  dock  at  Cape  Elizabeth 
was  built  the  following  year. 

HOTEL  ACCOMMODATIONS. 

For  several  years  prior  to  1864  it  was  apparent  that  the 
want  of  better  hotel  accommodation  was  effecting  to  turn 
many  traders  and  business  men  from  the  markets  of  Portland 
to  Boston  and  other  cities,  and  the  Board  appointed  a  com- 
mittee to  confer  with  capitalists,  and  to  take  such  measures  as 
would  secure  ample  and  first-class  public  houses.  Since  which 


GEORGE  W.  WOODMAN. 


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the  hotel  accommodation  of  Portland  has  been  equal  to  any 
city  in  New  England. 

BUOYS  AND  STEAM  WHISTLES. 

Shortly  after  the  wreck  of  the  British  steamship,  Bohemian, 
the  Board  deemed  a  thorough  examination  of  all  the  rocks  and 
shoals  lying  in  the  vicinity  of  the  approaches  of  the  harbor  ex- 
pedient, for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  if  all  dangers  were  prop- 
erly marked  by  suitable  buoys.  After  such  examination  the 
Government  was  memorialized  to  cause  such  dangers  to  be 
appropriately  marked,  which  was  done  by  the  coast  survey. 
The  Board  also  petitioned  for  steam  whistles  at  certain  danger- 
ous points  of  approach  to  our  harbors. 

PILOTAGE. 

Tho  Board  of  Trade  being  empowered  in  its  charter  to 
appoint  a  suitable  number  of  pilots  for  the  port  of  Portland  and 
there  never  having  been  any  authorized  pilots  appointed  by  the 
Board,  the  subject  was  brought  before  them  early  in  1864.  A 
committee  was  appointed  to  consider  and  arrange  for  a  volun- 
tary system  of  pilotage.  The  committee  reported  favorable  to 
the  appointment  of  three  competent  pilots,  but  fearing  such 
measure  might  be  initiatory  to  a  compulsory  system  in  the 
future,  the  subject  was  indefinately  postponed.  Meantime,  the 
President  and  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Trade  are  authorized 
to  issue  certificates  to  competent  pilots,  when  such  documents 
are  required,  and  these  Board  of  Trade  certificates  are  recognized 
by  the  London  Board  of  Trade. 

BREAKWATER  HARBOR  LIGHT. 

In  January  1854  the  Board  memorialized  Congress  for  a  har- 
bor light  on  the  breakwater,  and  also  to  rebuild  the  Custom 
House  (Exchange  building)  that  was  destroyed  by  fire  about 
that  time,  both  of  which  were  subsequently  granted,  and  in 
April  of  the  same  year  the  Board  petitioned  the  City  Council, 
to  request  the  Superintendent  of  the  U.  S.  coast  survey  to 
make  accurate  survey  of  Portland  harbor  and  connecting 
waters,  to  establish  water  lines  for  wharves,  and  to  increase  the 
depth  of  water,  which  was  also  granted,  and  elaborate  details 
published  of  the  work. 


26  BOARD    OF  TRADE, 

HARBOR  FORTIFICATIONS. 

Early  in  1857  the  Board  petitioned  Congress  for  a  fortifica- 
tion on  Hog  Island  ledge,  and  the  proper  fortification  of  such 
other  points  commanding  the  entrance  of  the  harbor  as  might 
be  deemed  expedient.  Fort  Gorges  was  constructed  as  soon  as 
possible  and  was  regarded  as  a  formidable  fortress  at  the  time  of 
completion,  but  the  Rebellion  demonstrated,  that  long  range 
and  powerful  rifled  ordnance  required  more  extended  "out 
posts,"  and  territory  has  been  secured  for  batteries  to  com- 
mand the  more  distant  approaches  to  the  harbor,  which  was  ad- 
vised by  the  officers  of  the  Board. 

THE  RECIPROCITY  TREATY. 

The  proposed  abrogation  of  the  Canadian  Reciprocity  Treaty, 
in  1864,  engrossed  much  attention  of  the  Board  and  a  committee, 
of  which  Hon.  T.  C.  Hersey  was  chairman,  was  appointed  to 
thoroughly  investigate  the  subject  in  all  its  bearings  regarding 
the  fisheries,  the  trade,  and  commerce,  not  only  of  our  city  and 
State,  but  of  the  country  at  large.  The  investigations  of  the 
committee  were  thoroughly  discussed  in  open  meeting  by  most 
of  the  membership  of  the  Board,  who  were  so  unanimously  com- 
mitted to  an  equitable  treaty,  that  the  committee  was  instructed 
to  attend  the  Qommercial  convention  held  at  Detroit,  Mich.,  in 
July  1865,  to  oppose  the  abrogation  of  the  treaty  which  was 
done  in  an  able  speech  by  President  Hersey.  And  again  in 
Feb.  1866  the  Board  adopted  a  series  of  resolutions  to  Congress 
favoring  an  equitable  treaty  with  British  North  America,  and 
has  several  times  since,  as  often  as  the  subject  has  come  before 
commissioners  of  either  Government,  re-affirmed  the  policy 
of  reciprocal  trade  to  which  it  was  so  early  committed. 
IMPROVED  MAIL  FACILITIES. 

During  the  Rebellion,  when  so  many  people  were  called  from 
their  homes,  and  the  United  States  Mail  increased  ten-fold,  and 
the  Postmaster  of  Portland  persisted  in  handling  the  mails 
without  any  increase  of  force,  or  improved  methods,  to  the  in- 
convenience and  discomfiture  of  the  larger  part  of  the  commun- 
ity, many  of  whom  were  obliged  to  wait  for  hours  for  postage 
or  the  delivery  of  letters,  while  the  single  delivery  win- 


PORTLAND,    MAINE.  27 

dow  remained  closed  for  an  indefinite  time.  The  Board  sent  a 
memorial,  together  with  a  unanimously  signed  petition  (14  foot 
long)  of  the  citizens,  to  the  Post  Master  General,  asking  the 
desired  improvements  in  our  postal  arrangements,  which  request 
was  promptly  granted,  and  the  Post  Master  here  directed  to 
keep  the  cashier's  window  open  for  the  sale  of  stamps  during 
all  business  hours,  also  to  place  boxes  at  several  convenient 
points,  romote  from  the  office,  for  the  reception  of  letters. 
WRECKED  EMIGRANTS. 

The  wreck  of  the  British  steamship  "Bohemian"  off  this  port 
on  the  22d  of  February,  1864,  by  which  several  emigrant  pass- 
engers lost  all  their  effects,  and  were  left  in  a  destitute  and 
helpless  condition,  in  a  foreign  country,  among  strangers,  objects 
of  pity,  requiring  immediate  relief  from  the  charitable,  the 
Board  of  Trade  was  believed  to  be  the  most  direct  and  effective 
agency  of  reaching  the  public  sympathy  in  behalf  of  the  suffer- 
ers, and  a  subscription  was  started  and  some  $  1.500  and  much 
clothing  was  contributed,  and  judiciously  distributed  to  the 
distressed  people,  who  were  all  comfortably  clothed,  fed  and 
furnished  with  sufficient  money  to  take  them  to  their  destina- 
tion, which  act  was  officially  recognized  by  the  British  Govern- 
ment. 

RELIEF  FOR  THE  SOUTH. 

Immediately  following  the  charities  in  behalf  of  the  wrecked 
emigrants,  87,671.64  was  raised  in  the  same  way,  through  the 
agency  of  the  Board  for  the  relief  of  sufferers  of  the  Rebellion 
in  East  Tennessee,  which  was  duly  acknowledged  as  follows: 
"Resolved,  That  on  behalf  of  the  people  of  East  Tennessee,  we 
hereby  tender  our  heartfelt  thanks  to  the  citizens  of  Portland 
for  their  noble  and  disinterested  zeal  in  behalf  of  our  suffering 
people,  and  to  each  individual  of  the  tens  of  thousands  in  the 
North  who  have  so  generously  contributed  to  save  our  people 
from  starvation." 

A  NEW   CUSTOM  HOUSE. 

In  the  year  1865,  the  United  States  Treasury  Department 
submitted  to  the  Board  plans  for  a  new  Custom  House  at  this 
port,  on  the  site  of  the  old  Custom  House,  on  the  corner  of  Fore 


28  BOARD    OF  TRADE, 

and  Pearl  streets.  On  examining  it,  the  opinion  prevailed  that 
the  location  was  too  far  east,  considering  the  drift  towards  the 
western  section  of  the  city,  as  well  as  inadequate  to  meet  the 
requirements  of  a  suitable  building  for  the  growing  commerce 
of  the  port.  The  Board  recommended  a  location  on  Commer- 
cial street  in  the  vicinity  of  the  entrance  of  Center  street.  The 
government  architect  approved  the  plans  of  the  Board,  but  an 
appropriation  for  the  purchase  of  the  site  failed  to  pass  Congress 
and  the  new  edifice  was  erected  upon  the  old  location,  a  mistake 
obvious  to  all. 

MANUFACTURING  INTERESTS. 

The  manufacturing  interests  of  the  city  have  always  received 
the  generous  co-operation  of  the  Board  and  the  influence  of  the 
organization  has  been  thrown  in  favor  of  all  new  enterprises  of 
merit.  In  1865  the  Board  appointed  a  committee  to  visit  some 
of  the  leading  manufacturers  in  various  other  cities  of  New  En- 
gland and  to  report  such  branches  of  manufactures  as  could  be 
profitably  established  in  this  city,  and  among  other  things  the 
committee  recommended  to  the  Board  the  establishment  of  a 
joint  stock  company  with  a  capital  of  $50,000,  for  the  manufac- 
ture of  the  Johnson's  Steam  Fire  Engines,  resulting  in  their 
manufacture  here.  At  this  time,  the  buildings  of  the  Rolling 
Mills  were  up  and  the  machinery  going  in.  This  was  also  one 
of  the  off-spring  of  the  Board.  About  this  time,  in  1865,  the 
Board  was  pushing,  with  great  energy,  for  a  sugar  refinery  in 
this  city,  to  stimulate  the  importations  of  sugar,  and  extended 
aid  through  committees  and  otherwise  to  the  Portland  Company, 
the  Glass  Works,  the  Shovel  Manufactory,  Sugar  House  and 
various  foundries  and  machine  shops,  the  Kerosene  Oil  Works, 
Provision  Packing  Houses  and  to  boot,  shoe  and  clothing 
manufactures,  as  had  their  origin  in  this  Board,  or  received 
its  fostering  care.  In  1873,  the  Board  established  a  standing 
committee,  under  the  name  of  "The  Board  of  Manufactures," 
and  appointed  Walter  Wells  Esq.,  the  eminent  statistician,  as 
Secretary,  who  prepared  and  issued  to  the  world  a  prospectus 
of  the  advantages  and  facilities  of  this  city  and  State  for  manu- 
facturing. This  same  committee  is  still  co-operating  under  the 


PORTLAND,    MAINE.  29 

directions  of  its  chairman,  Hon.  W.  W.  Thomas,  Jr.,  by  confer- 
ence or  otherwise,  with  all  seeking  such  interests  in  our  vicinity. 

TENEMENT  HOUSES. 

In  1866,  the  attention  of  the  Board  was  called  by  Mr.  Beck- 
ett, then  engaged  in  taking  census  of  the  city,  to  the  great  lack 
of  houses  for  small  rents  which  was  operating  seriously  against 
an  increase  of  population.  The  Board  took  such  action  as  lead 
to  the  provision  of  sufficient  accommodation  for  at  least  five 
thousand  people  in  the  next  twelve  months,  by  pushing  into  the 
suburbs,  and  building  pleasant  homes. 

DETROIT  COMMERCIAL  CONVENTION. 

In  1865  a  call  was  made  for  a  convention  of  the  Boards  of 
Trade  and  Chambers  of  Commerce  of  the  United  States  and 
British  North  American  Provinces,  at  Detroit,  Mich.,  on  July 
llth,  for  the  consideration  of  the  the  subjects  of  commerce, 
finance,  transit,  reciprocial  trade  between  the  United  States 
and  the  British  Provinces,  and  other  matters,  looking  to  the 
prosperity  of  the  country  and  of  aiding  the  general  government 
in  the  solution  of  the  finances  of  the  country.  This  Board 
appointed  the  following  delegates  who  attended :  T.  C.  Hersey, 
A.  K.  Shurtleff,  T.  E.  Twitchell,  M.  N.  Rich,  J.  S.  Bedlow,  R. 
M.  Richardson. 

Forty-five  Boards  of  Trade  and  Chambers  of  Commerce  were 
represented  from  various  parts  of  the  United  States  and  British 
Provinces,  comprising  more  than  four  hundred  members,  many 
of  whom  were  the  ablest  men  in  the  country.  It  was  on  this 
occasion  that  T.  C.  Hersey,  Esq.,  president  of  this  Board,  made 
his  memorable  speech  in  favor  of  reciprocity  in  opposition  to 
the  Hon.  Vice-President  of  the  United  States,  Hannibal  Hamlin, 
who  represented  the  lumber  interest  on  this  occasion.  It  was 
also  at  this  convention  that  the  National  Board  of  Trade  had 
its  origin. 

THE  PAYMENT  OF  TROOPS. 

At  the  close  of  the  Great  Rebellion  the  transportation  home 
and  the  payment  of  the  soldiers  became  a  question  of  consider- 
able importance.  The  plan  then  existing  was  that  all  troops 
should  return  to  each  State  Capitol  for  discharge  and  payment, 


30  BOARD   OF  TRADE, 

and  the  additional  useless  expense  of  transporting  all  troops 
from  Portland  to  Augusta,  sixty  miles  distant,  and  back  again 
through  this  city  was  an  needless  expenditure  of  at  least 
$30,000,  to  which  this  Board  of  Trade  called  the  early  attention 
of  the  general  government  by  sending  Mr.  Lynch  to  Washing- 
ton, who  laid  the  matter  before  the  quartermaster  general,  who 
ordered  a  paymaster  to  be  stationed  at  Portland  to  pay  all 
troops  ordered  there. 

CITY  CENSUS. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  in  October,  1865,  it  was  voted  to 
recommend  the  city  to  cause  the  census  of  the  city  to  be  taken 
at  once,  and  the  secretary  was  instructed  to  prepare  a  memorial 
to  the  mayor,  aldermen  and  city  council  to  that  effect  and  place 
the  same  in  the  Merchants  Exchange  for  signatures,  which  hav- 
ing been  subsequently  presented  to  the  city  government  was 
granted,  and  the  census  taken,  the  result  of  which  is  elsewhere 

alluded  to. 

GREAT  FIRE  OF  1866. 

The  great  conflagration  of  the  memorial  year  of  1866,  when 
fifteen  hundred  buildings  were  destroyed,  sweeping  eight  miles 
of  public  thoroughfare,  devastating  an  area  of  three  hundred  and 
twenty  acres  in  the  business  portion  of  the  city,  throwing  ten 
thousand  people  houseless  and  homeless  upon  public  charity, 
and  twelve  million's  worth  of  property  was  wiped  out,  including 
all  the  leading  business  oflices  and  commercial  organizations — 
this  money  value,  however,  does  not  represent  the  loss  of  valu- 
ble  records  and  documents  of  history  by  many  societies  and  cor- 
porations. The  loss  to  the  Board  of  Trade  by  this  fire,  besides 
all  the  property  in  the  Merchants  Exchange  Room,  which 
amounted  to  more  than  $2,000,  all  the  records  of  the  Board,  the 
public  documents,  charts,  maps,  official  papers,  all  the  large 
and  valuable  library,  including  twenty  volumes  of  Willis's  new 
history  of  Portland,  and  many  valuable  works  and  reports, 
records  of  arbitration,  etc.,  that  never  can  be  replaced.  In  fact 
nothing  was  saved  from  the  Board  of  Trade  room  but  the  carpet 
and  some  half  dozen  chairs.  All  the  original  records  of  the 
Board,  which  were  in  the  safe,  were  destroyed.  The  Exchange 


PORTLAND,   MAINE.  31 

opened,  temporary  rooms  in  Mr.  D.  T.  Chase's  store,  on  Long 
Wharf,  and  staid  there  until  the  next  summer,  then  moved  into 
the  new  building,  corner  Exchange  and  Fore  street,  and  finally 
returned  to  its  present  location  early  in  1868. 
TAXATION  OF  BANK  STOCK. 

A  repeal  of  the  law  taxing  bank  stock  held  by  non-residents 
was  urged  by  a  majority  of  the  members,  prompted  by  a  belief 
that  the  present  law  had  the  injurious  effect  of  turning  capital 
from  our  State,  as  many  holders  of  bank  stock  were  disposing 
of  their  shares  and  withdrawing  much  capital  from  our  State 
in  this  way,  which  could  but  exert  an  injurious  effect  upon  the 
progress  of  trade  and  commerce.  A  memorial  was  sent  to  the 
legislature  praying  for  a  repeal  of  the  law,  but  finally  failed  to 


NATIONAL  EXHIBITIONS. 

-  The  Board  has  frequently  taken  action  to  have  our  city  and 
State  creditably  represented  at  the  international  exhibitions  at 
Paris,  London  and  Frankfort-on-the-Main,  also  at  Berlin,  which 
have  resulted  in  giving  some  of  our  packing  houses  national 
reputation  abroad  for  the  superiority  of  their  productions. 

DOCKS  FOR  IRON-CLADS. 

Through  the  efforts  of  the  Board,  a  congressional  commission 
was  secured  to  visit  this  port  and  examine  the  facilities,  here 
offered,  for  constructing  docks  for  the  iron-clad  naval  vessels  of 
the  United  States.  A  committee  from  the  Board  received  the 
commission  and  transported  them  to  the  mouth  of  the  Presump- 
scot  River.  The  commission,  consisting  of  Gen.  B.  S.  Alexan- 
der, chief  engineer  J.  W.  King,  of  New  York,  and  Melancthon 
Smith,  of  Washington,  were  favorably  impressed  with  our  spac- 
ious harbor  and  its  fortifications.  But  League  Island  was  finally 
chosen  for  the  locality. 

REGULATION  OF  CURRENCY. 

Soon  after  the  close  of  the  War,  it  became  evident  to  the 
Board  that  a  curtailment  of  the  currency  would  tend  to  relieve 
the  commercial  embarassment  of  the  country.  Resolutions 
were  accordingly  adopted  and  sent  to  Congress,  urging  action 
to  this  end. 


32  BOARD   OF  TRADE, 

Subsequently  the  following  communication  was  received  from 
the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  : 

TREASURY  DEPARTMENT, 
WASHINGTON,  February  16,  1867. 
DEAR  SIR: 

I  have  the  honor  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  certain  resolutions  adopted 
by  the  Board  of  Trade,  of  the  city  of  Portland,  on  the  20th  ult. 

I  am  pleased  to  learn  that  there  is  one  Board  of  Trade  in  the  United  States 
that  takes  a  sensible  view  of  the  currency  question. 

With  thanks  for  your  courtesy  in  sending  me  the  resolutions,  and  to  the 
Board  for  expressing  so  emphatically  correct  views  upon  a  very  important 
subject,  I  am  very  truly  yours, 

H.  McCuLLOCH,  Secretary. 
To  M.  N.  KICH,  Esq., 
Secretary  of  Board  of  Trade,  Portland,  Me. 

INSOLVENCY  LAW. 

Through  the  efforts  of  this  Board,  aided  by  the  late  Hon. 
Chas.  McLaughlin,  the  present  State  insolvency  law  was  per- 
fected and  adopted,  and  has  been  regarded  by  such  general 
favor  that  the  Board  has  been  frequently  consulted  by  the 
general  government  in  behalf  of  the  preparation  of  a  national 
bankrupt  law. 

PORTLAND  AND  WORCESTER  RETURN  COMPLIMENTS. 

In  the  fall  of  1874  members  of  the  Board  of  Trade  were  in- 
vited to  join  the  city  government  with  many  prominent  citizens 
to  make  a  visit  to  Worcester,  Mass.,  calling  at  Nashua,  N.  H., 
where  the  party  were  joined  by  a  large  delegation,  which  accom- 
panied the  Portland  delegation,  all  as  guests  of  the  Portland  and 
Rochester  Railroad,  just  completed,  to  Worcester.  The  city 
government  of  Worcester  received  and  entertained  the  guests 
with  the  most  cordial  hospitality.  Carriages  were  in  readiness 
and  the  party  taken  over  the  city  to  view  its  attractive  business 
advantages,  and  in  the  evening  an  elegant  banquet  was  given 
at  the  hotel,  at  which  the  most  hearty  good  cheer  prevailed,  and 
many  warm  friendships  were  formed, 

The  next  year  Portland  returned  the  compliment  and  invited 
the  city  government  of  Worcester  and  the  Board  of  Trade,  also 
kindred  corporations  of  Nashua,  N.  H.,  and  several  representa- 
tives of  the  press,  to  be  the  guests  of  the  city  and  of  the  Board 
of  Trade,  which  was  accepted.  The  party  arrived  here  at  noon, 


PORTLAND,  MAINE.  33 

passed  around  the  Marginal  Way  to  the  Grand  Trunk  station, 
where  a  salute  of  torpedoes  greeted  them,  and  through  Commer- 
cial street  to  Railroad  wharf,  where  they  embarked  on  board  the 
steamer  for  the  Islands.  Superintendent  Tucker  had  gaily  dec- 
orated the  Eastern  Railroad  station  with  flags,  and  a  salute  was 
fired  as  the  train  passed  through.  The  steamer  went  direct  to 
the  Islands.  The  visitors,  during  the  sail  down,  were  busily 
getting  a  view  at  the  harbor,  the  facilities  for  business,  and  the 
scenery,  and  were  loud  in  their  praises.  Many  prominent  citi- 
zens of  Portland  joined  on  board  the  steamer,  swelling  the  par- 
ty to  about  350. 

At  the  island,  disembarked,  and  headed  by  Chandler's  Band, 
marched  to  the  bake,  ready  to  uncover.  The  tables  were  set, 
the  company  was  hungry.  Hon.  Geo.  W.  Woodman,  president  of 
the  Board,  called  their  attention  and  addressed  them  briefly,  in- 
viting the  party  to  partake  at  once  of  the  feast.  They  promptly 
seated  themselves  at  the  table  and  business  commenced.  The 
bill  of  fare  consisted  chiefly  of  28  bushels  of  clams,  60  dozen  of 
eggs,  60  dozen  ears  of  corn,  375  lobsters,  1  barrel  of  oysters,  and 
1  barrel  of  sweet  potatoes. 

In  the  evening,  the  city  government  gave  a  ball  and  a  supper 
at  the  City  Hall,  which  was  a  most  delightful  final  to  this  well 
devised  excursion,  of  which  we  should  have  more,  as  nothing 
can  do  so  much  toward  promoting  fraternal  business  relations 
between  communities.  The  visitors  were  delighted  with  their 
reception,  and  all  expressed  a  wish  to  come  again.  May  the 
friendly  relations  thus  established  between  the  two  cities  be  con- 
tinued to  the  end  of  time. 

ELEVATOR  AND  STORAGE  CAPACITY. 

There  is  at  present,  on  Gait's  Wharf,  in  the  immediate  vicinity 
of  the  ocean  steamer  docks,  a  grain  elevator,  built  by  the  Grand 
Trunk  Railroad  Co.,  in  1875,  101  feet  in  length,  53  feet  wide, 
and  107  feet  high,  with  42  bins  for  holding  grain  46  feet  deep, 
of  a  total  capacity  of  150,000  bushels,  all  fitted  with  modern 
dock  elevators  and  large  steam  shovels  for  unloading  and  load- 
ing cars  and  vessels. 


34  BOARD   OF  TRADE, 

The  Board  has  recently  taken  action  for  securing  the  con- 
struction of  an  additional  elevator  of  not  less  than  500,000  bush- 
els capacity  at  this  port,  and  still  more  will,  no  doubt  be  added, 
from  time  to  time,  as  fast  as  the  necessities  require  to  meet  ship- 
ments coming  to  the  port. 

There  is,  at  present,  ample  shed  room  covering  six  wharves, 
for  the  safe  care  and  protection  of  merchandise  in  transit 
through  this  port,  and  with  the  proposed  more  ample  grain 
elevators,  no  other  port  on  this  continent  will  possess  more 
ample  and  commodious  facilities  for  careful,  expeditious  and 
cheap  handling  of  freight,  and  the  custom  regulations  here  are 
such  as  to  facilitate  the  passage  of  merchandise  to  its  destina- 
tion, with  the  least  possible  delay. 

SOCIAL  MEETINGS. 

Towards  the  close  of  his  life,  the  Hon.  John  B.  Brown  fre- 
quently expressed  the  opinion  that  it  would  be  an  excellent 
thing  for  the  Board  to  introduce  occasional  social  entertainments 
at  its  meetings,  so  as  to  encourage  better  attendance  and  to  en- 
hance a  broader  interest  with  its  members,  by  bringing  them 
together  around  the  "festive  board,"  where  more  free  and  unre- 
strained expression  of  ideas  could  be  drawn  out  to  the  common 
advantage  of  all. 

The  ideas  of  Mr.  Brown  were  well  received,  but  in  the  sharp 
competition  of  trade,  it  seemed  difficult  to  fix  upon  a  time  to 
convenience  a  sufficient  number  to  ensure  success  to  this  com- 
parative inovation  upon  the  strickly  business  character  of  Board 
of  Trade  meetings,  but  shortly  after  Mr.  Blabon's  inaguration 
at  the  head  of  the  Board,  the  subject  of  a  banquet  was  intro- 
duced, and  the  President  expressed  his  warm  sympathy  in  the 
project  and  appointed  a  committee  to  arrange  for  a  suitable  din- 
ner, at  one  of  the  hotels,  and  arrangements  were  shortly  after 
perfected  for  such  an  entertainment  to  be  given  jointty  by  the 
Board  of  Trade  and  the  Merchants  Exchange,  at  the  Falmouth 
Hotel,  March  20th,  1886. 

One  hundred  and  seventeen  sat  down  to  the  banquet,  after 
having  previously  enjoyed  social  games  of  cards,  or  a  pleasant 


PORTLAND,   MAINE.  35 

chat  in  the  parlors.  The  crowning  success  of  *this  occasion 
seemed  to  be  the  almost  entire  absence  of  speech  making — the 
assurance  felt  that  no  one  should  be  called  upon  to  speak  re- 
moved all  restraint,  and  it  was  then  and  there  voted  to  make 
these  dinners  annual.  Accordingly,  on  the  26th  of  March,  of 
the  present  year,  the  second  annual  dinner  occured,  and  was 
reported  in  the  city  Press  as  follows : 

"The  dinner  given  by  the  Portland  Board  of  Trade  and  Mer- 
chants Exchange,  one  year  ago,  met  with  such  success  that  a 
large  attendance  was  assured  for  the  second  annual  dinner,  the 
gentlemen  who  were  present  on  the  former  occasion  being  eager 
to  enjoy  the  festivities  of  Saturday  evening,  which  had  been  se- 
lected as  the  time  for  the  dinner  of  1887.  At  the  Falmouth, 
Mr.  Martin  had  made  ample  preparations  for  his  guests,  and 
they  found  in  the  parlors  cfh  the  front  of  the  house,  tables  for 
card  playing,  while  the  ladies'  parlor  was  opened  for  the  first 
time,  after  being  newly  decorated  and  furnished.  The  members 
of  the  Board  began  to  assemble  in  the  hotel  shortly  after  4 
o'clock,  and  from  that  time  until  7.15  o'clock,  when  dinner  was 
served,  the  gentlemen  were  constantly  arriving.  The  card  ta- 
bles were  surrounded,  while  animated  conversation  was  carried 
on  in  the  parlors  and  the  broad  corridors. 

In  the  large  dining  room  there  were  160  covers  laid,  at  three 
tables  extending  nearly  the  whole  length  of  the  room  and  a  table 
across  the  end  of  the  apartment.  Nearly  every  seat  at  the  ta- 
bles was  occupied,  the  company  numbering  about  140.  The 
tables  were  adorned  with  fruits  and  flowers  and  elaborate  de- 
signs, the  whole  with  the  glittering  glass  and  crockery  having 
an  extremely  pleasing  effect.  The  dinner  was  excellently 
cooked  and  faultlessly  served. 

The  following  is  the  menue  : — 


36  BOARD   OF  TRADE, 

Blue  Points  on  Shell. 
Bisque  de  Homard  a  la  Stanley. 

Celery.  Radishes. 

Baked  Trout — Sauce  de  Yin. 

Pommes  de  Terres  Parisiennes.  Asperge — Sauce  a  la  Creme. 

Turkey— Cranberry  Sauce. 

Puree  Pommes  de  Terre.  Haricots  Yerts. 

Spring  Lamb — Mint  Sauce. 

Petits  Pois. 

Filet  de  Bceuf ,  Pique,  aux  Truffes. 

Cotelette  de  Poulette  a  la  Nivernaise. 

Riz  de  Yeau  aux  Petits  Pois. 

Oyster  Patties  a  la  Creme. 
Banana  Fritters — Sauce  Yenetienne. 

Champagne  Punch. 

Grouse — Giblet  Gravy. 

Mallard  Duck— Gelee  de  Corinthe. 

Pommes  de  Terre  Saratoga.  Lettuce  a  la  Mayonnaise. 

Salade  de  Poulette.  Salade  de  Homard. 

English  Plum  Pudding— ^Sauce  Sampion. 

Assorted  Cake.  Tutti  Frutti  Cream.  Fruit. 

Cafe  Noir. 

President  Blabon  being  absent  from  the  city,  Captain  J.  S. 
Winslow,  vice  president  of  the  Board,  presided  at  the  head  of 
the  table.  On  his  immediate  right  and  left  sat  Mayor  Chap- 
man, Hon.  W.  W.  Thomas,  Jr.,  and  the  officers  of  the  organiza- 
tion. It  was  a  dinner  of  eleven  courses  and  it  was  fully  two 
hours  before  the  cigars  were  passed  around.  Captain  Winslow, 
as  soon  as  the  dinner  was  over,  announced  that  there  would  be 
no  formal  speeches,  but  he  had  no  doubt  that  any  one  who 
wished  to  speak  would  be  listened  to  with  pleasure.  Calls  for 
the  mayor  and  other  prominent  gentlemen  were  immediately 
heard  through  the  clouds  of  smoke.  Mayor  Chapman  said  that 
it  was  one  of  the  conditions  on  which  he  was  present,  that  he 
should  not  be  called  upon  for  a  speech.  Mr.  Thomas  replied  to 
his  called  simply  by  expressing  his  thanks.  Ex-Mayor  Walker 
stated  that  he  could  not  speak  for  he  should  then  be  guilty  of 
obtaining  goods  under  false  pretences.  He  had  promised  many, 
whom  he  had  invited  to  attend,  that  there  would  be  no  speech 
making. 

The  company  then  adjourned  to  the  parlors,  all  much  pleased 
with  the  success  of  the  occasion." 


SAMUEL  J.  AXDERSOX. 


PORTLAND,   MAINE.  37 

THE  MERCHANTS'  EXCHANGE. 

Directly  after  the  organization  of  the  new  management  of  the 
Board  of  Trade  in  1863,  Mr.  M.  N.  Rich,  who  was  then  con- 
ducting the  commercial  news  room  in  the  Fox  block,  on  Middle 
street,  suggested  to  Mr.  Hersey  and  Mr.  Jewett  the  advantages 
that  might  be  derived  to  the  business  people  of  Portland  by 
uniting  his  news  room  with  a  more  eligible  one  on  the  lower 
floor,  and  arrange  for  receiving  telegraph  despatches  of  the 
movements  of  the  army  and  of  the  flucuations  of  the  market, 
etc.,  all  to  be  under  the  auspices  of  the  Board  of  Trade.  The 
proposition  was  received  with  favor. 

The  first  meeting,  to  make  preliminary  arrangements  for  the 
present  organization,  was  held  at  the  residence  of  the  late  Hon, 
Jedediah  Jewett,  and  on  the  20th  of  March,  1863,  a  subscrip- 
tion book  was  opened.  On  the  30th  of  the  same  month  a  room 
was  opened  in  the  building  formerly  occupying  the  present  site, 
and  for  many  }^ears  previous  known  as  Patten's  auction  and 
commission  house,  with  a  comfortable  Board  of  Trade  room  in 
the  rear. 

Mr.  Jewett,  who  was  chairman  of  the  committee  on  the  for- 
mation and  opening  of  the  Exchange,  conceived  the  idea  of 
having  no  newspapers  on  file,  but  that  all  the  news  should  be 
placed  on  a  large  blackboard  occupying  a  high  place  against 
the  wall,  and  that  the  room  should  be  open  to  the  public  for 
one  hour  a  day  from  eleven  to  twelve  o'clock,  when  the  audi- 
ence should  be  "rung  out"  by  a  Chinese  gong,  or  large  bell, 
and  the  room  be  thereafter  closed  for  the  day.  This  plan  Mr. 
Jewett  thought  would  be  the  most  effectual  for  insuring  a 
prompt  and  full  attendance  of  business  men  every  day,  thereby 
facilitating  the  sale  and  exchange  of  all  kinds  of  commodities, 
for  which  sample  tables  had  been  prepared.  But  the  irregular- 
ity of  the  despatches  concerning  military  movements,  and  the 
fluctuation  of  the  gold  market,  soon  compelled  the  abandon- 
ment of  this  programme,  and  the  room  was  kept  open  not  only 
all  day,  but  was  often  crowded  on  Sunday  by  eager  and  anx- 
ious throngs  during  the  most  critical  hours  of  the  rebellion. 
Mr.  Jewett's  plan  of  excluding  newspapers  was  gradually  en- 


38  BOARD    OF  TRADE, 

croached  upon,  first  by  admitting  a  stand  for  a  file  of  each  of 
the  Price-Currents,  in  the  leading  cities,  and  then  gradually, 
other  newspapers  were  suggested  by  the  subscribers. 

The  new  Exchange  was  very  successfully  dedicated  with  a 
membership  of  two  hundred  subscribers,  and  the  increase  of  its 
members  was  so  great  that  it  was  soon  found  necessary  to  re- 
move the  Board  of  Trade  room  from  this  to  the  floor  above. 
The  first  telegram  placed  upon  the  bulletin  of  the  new  Ex- 
change read  as  follows: 

"New  York,  11.15  a.  m.  Gold  opened  at  1.56."  On  July 
llth,  1864,  Gold  went  to  2.85. 

Other  despatches  followed  in  rapid  succession  and  great  en- 
thusiasm was  manifested  throughout  the  day.  The  accessions 
for  the  next  two  weeks  carried  the  membership  up  to  two  hun- 
dred and  seventy,  and  its  increase  thereafter  was  steady  and 
rapid  till  there  were  four  hundred  names  on  the  roll. 

In  the  great  fire  of  1866,  the  building  was  swept  away  and 
all  the  property  of  the  Exchange  destroyed,  except  its  records. 
But  in  the  course  of  a  month,  quarters  were  engaged  of  the 
late  Mr.  D.  T.  Chase,  at  No.  2  Long  Wharf,  and  a  temporary 
room  furnished  in  rather  a  rustic  manner.  But  what  these 
quarters  lacked  in  style  and  finish,  was  fully  compensated  by 
the  extraordinary  facilities  afforded  for  fishing. 

March  17,  1867,  the  Exchange  was  removed  from  Long 
Wharf  to  the  second  story  of  the  new  building  on  the  eastern 
side  of  Exchange,  corner  of  Fore  street.  There  was  then  three 
hundred  and  forty  members.  This  room  afforded  very  neat 
and  comfortable  quarters  for  the  Exchange,  and  the  Board  of 
Trade  was  accommodated  in  the  adjoining  room.  Jan.  22, 
1867,  the  Exchange  completed  the  circuit  by  returning  to  the 
rooms  now  occupied  with  three  hundred  and  nineteen  members. 

It  might  be  interesting  to  revert  to  some  of  the  liberal  sub- 
scriptions of  money  made  in  these  rooms  during  the  war. 
Those  for  the  relief  of  East  Tennessee,  for  the  camp  hospitals, 
for  the  sanitary  commission,  on  account  of  the  great  fire  at 
Wiscasset,  for  the  "Bohemian  Sufferers,"  and  for  the  relief  of 


PORTLAND,   MAINE.  39 

Savannah,   aggregated   more   than  thirty   thousand  dollars  in 
cash,  within  five  years,  for  charitable  purposes  alone. 

An  act  to  incorporate  the  Merchants'  Exchange  was  passed 
in  1867,  with  a  view  of  purchasing  the  land  and  erecting  an 
Exchange  building  on  the  then  vacant  lot  at  the  corner  of  Ex- 
chrnge  and  Milk  streets,  for  which  $20,000  was  actually  sub- 
scribed, but  the  general  depression  of  business,  which  immedi- 
ately set  in  at  that  time,  checked  any  further  efforts  by  the  com- 
mittee. 


40  BOARD   OF  TRADE. 


SUMMARY   OF  WORK. 


The  principal  work  accomplished,  and  that  has  from  time  to 
time  engaged  the  efforts  of  the  Board  of  Trade  to  accomplish 
and  facilitate,  since  its  organization,  may  be  briefly  summerized 
as  follows  : 

Meeting  on  'change,  May  9,  1853,  from  12.30  until  1  o'clock 
p.  m.,  in  front  of  the  post  office,  memorialized  Congress  for  a 
harbor  light  on  the  breakwater — granted  in  January,  1854. 

1854.  Asked  for  a  United  States  survey  of  the  harbor  and 
establishment  of  water  line  for  wharves  and  deepening  of  water 
— granted. 

1854.  Petitioned  the  United  States  to  remove  the  custom 
house  and  post  office — granted. 

1856.  Prepared  suitable  dockage  and  wharfage  to  accommo- 
date the  "Great  Eastern,"  and  though  she  never  came  the  piers 
are  still  a  proud  monument  to  the  enterprise  of  our  city. 

1857.  Petitioned  Congress  to  open  negotiations  for  an  inter- 
national code  to  suppress  privateering — granted. 

1857.  Petitioned  Congress  for  a  fort  on  Hog  Island  ledge  to 
be  called  "Fort  Gorges" — granted. 

The  International  Steamship  company  had  its  origin  in,  and 
the  fostering  influences  of  the  Board. 

The  opening  of  direct  steam  communication  with  New  York 
and  Philadelphia  was  the  work  of  the  Board. 

The  Bangor  and  Machias  steamboat  company  originated  from 
the  regular  line  of  sailing  packets  established  by  the  Board  early 
in  1864. 


PORTLAND,   MAINE.  41 

The  establishment  of  the  Merchants  Exchange  in  1864  with 
355  subscribers — though  so  shamefully  neglected  of  late  years — 
is  a  credit  to  the  Board. 

In  March,  1863,  the  Boston  Board  of  Trade  attempted  to  di- 
vert the  trade  of  the  West  with  Portland  by  tapping  the  Grand 
Trunk  at  Prescott  with  a  branch  to  the  St.  Lawrence,  thence  by 
steamers  to  Ogdensburg,  &c.,  so  as  to  avoid  Portland.  This 
Board  requested  Manager  Brydges  of  the  Grand  Trunk  to  meet 
the  Board,  which  he  did  and  promised  that  such  arrangement 
should  not  be  made.  At  the  same  time,  a  discriminating  rate 
of  freight  then  existing  in  favor  of  Boston,  was  abolished. 

In  August,  1863,  the  Boards  of  Trade  of  Detroit,  Chicago  and 
Milwaukee  visited  the  city  by  invitation  of  this  Board.  Their 
entertainment  cost  over  $3,000,  but  the  investment  has  paid 
millions  in  the  business  it  has  since  opened  up.  This  is  enough 
in  itself  to  justify  the  support  of  the  Boaid  of  Trade  if  it  had 
never  accomplished  another  thing ;  but  the  story  is  not  yet  half 
told. 

A  standard  flour  inspection  was  established  in  1864,  and  it 
was  no  fault  of  the  Board  that  it  was  not  perpetuated  after  the 
great  fire  of  1866. 

The  steam  cutter  Mahoning  was  sent  to  this  port  through  the 
efforts  of  this  Board  during  the  war. 

In  1863  the  want  of  a  dry  dock  was  discussed  in  the  Board, 
which  appointed  a  committee  to  obtain  subscriptions  to  the 
stock,  which  was  all  taken  in  one  week  and  the  dry  dock  built 
the  following  season. 

Better  mail  facilities  and  increased  postal  advantages  of  the 
city  were  brought  about  through  the  efforts  of  this  Board  dur- 
ing the  war  and  since. 

Wood's  marble  hotel  was  erected  through  the  efforts  of  this 
Board,  and  after  its  destruction,  through  its  further  efforts, 
Mr.  Brown,  its  first  president,  promised  the  Board  he  would 
build  a  house  that  should  be  an  honor  to  the  city  as  his  last 
public  building.  The  Falmouth  is  the  proud  monument  of  his 
public  spirit. 


42  BOARD    OF  TRADE, 

The  supply  of  water  from  Sebago  lake  was  vigorously  advo- 
cated in  the  Board  in  1863,  and  persistent  efforts  were  made 
thereafter  till  the  object  was  accomplished. 

Buoys  and  steam  whistles  for  Cape  Elizabeth,  Matinicus 
Rock  and  Quoddy  Head  were  asked  for  by  the  Board,  and  now 
give  notice  of  the  dangers  lying  about  the  approaches  to  these 
points  in  thick  weather. 

A  compulsory  pilotage  tax  upon  the  commerce  of  this  port 
was  killed  by  the  Board  of  Trade  in  1863. 

The  proposed  tariff  on  molasses  in  1864  was  so  excessive  as 
to  promise  serious  injury  to  the  business  of  Portland,  and  a 
special  committee  from  this  Board  went  to  Washington  and 
succeeded  in  getting  a  modified  rate  of  duties. 

The  Board  raised  17,641.16  in  1864  for  the  relief,  of  suffering 
Union  people  of  East  Tennessee,  and  $1,500  to  relieve  the  dis- 
tresses of  the  emigrants  landed  here  from  the  wrecked  steamer 
"Bohemian."  Nearly  130,000  were  raised  for  kindred  purposes 
through  the  instrumentality  of  this  Board  during  the  years  of 
the  Rebellion. 

The  Portland  Company,  Rolling  Mills,  Glass  Works,  Shovel 
Manufactory,  Sugar  Refineries,  and  other  manufacturing  in- 
dustries have  in  turn  received  support  and  encouragement,  and 
were  about  all  originated  by  the  Board,  and  if  they  were  not 
all  successful  it  was  from  no  fault  of  this  organization. 

In  June,  1865,  a  committee  was  chosen  to  bring  about  the 
manufacture  of  shoes  in  this  city  by  a  joint  stock  company  with 
a  capital  of  not  less  than  $50,000,  which  resulted  in  several 
firms  and  individuals  entering  into  the  business  which  has  been 
so  successful  here. 

The  Portland  &  Ogdensburg  Railroad  was  originated  by  the 
Board  early  in  1867,  and  the  first  meeting  in  its  behalf  was 
called  by  the  secretary  of  the  Board. 

The  National  Board  of  Trade  was  organized  chiefly  through 
the  efforts  of  the  Portland  delegation  to  the  great  commercial 
convention  at  Detroit  in  1867. 


PORTLAND,    MAINE.  43 

The  detention  of  merchandise  at  Island  Pond  for  entry  and 
payment  of  duties  there  for  goods  coming  over  the  Grand  Trunk 
to  Portland,  was  corrected  by  the  efforts  of  the  Board  in  1868. 

Negotiations  for  reciprocial  trade  with  the  Canadas  have  been 
persistently  urged  from  time  to  time. 

The  relief  of  commerce  and  navigation  by  remission  of  taxation 
on  shipbuilding  materials,  etc.,  has  frequently  been  advocated 
in  Congress  through  this  Board. 

A  Board  of  Manufactures  was  established  in  1871  by  this 
Board,  to  encourage  and  promote  in  every  possible  way  the  in- 
vestment of  capital  from  abroad  in  manufacturing  interests  in 
this  city.  An  industrial  fair  in  1875  was  one  result. 

Deepening  the  harbor  by  removing  the  middle  ground  to 
admit  the  largest  steamships  to  the  wharves  at  any  time,  was 
the  result  of  the  appropriation  asked  of  Congress  by  this  Board 
in  1872. 

Breaking  the  ice  in  the  upper  harbor  and  around  the  wharves 
in  extreme  cold  seasons  has  been  done  and  paid  for  by  the 
Board. 

The  rebuilding  of  the  grain  elevator  after  the  fire  of  1874  re- 
ceived the  earnest  co-operation  of  a  special  committee  from  this 
Board. 

The  protection  of  the  city  from  the  storage  of  oils,  spirits  and 
other  combustible  and  inflammable  materials,  in  hazardous  lo- 
calities, and  the  providing  of  fire  boats  for  the  water  front  and 
wharf  property,  have  been  frequently  urged  by  the  Board. 

That  the  city  should  be  always  creditably  represented  in  all 
of  the  great  commercial  centres  of  the  world,  has  been  the  spec- 
ial care  of  the  Board,  where  and  whenever  its  influence  could 
be  brought  to  bear. 

A  department  of  trade  and  commerce  in  the  national  cabinet, 
now  so  generally  urged  throughout  the  country,  was  suggested 
in  this  Board  in  1878. 

The  adulteration  of  food  and  drugs  has  been  condemned  by  a 
strong  protest  by  this  Board,  and  prohibited  by  law. 


44  BOARD    OF  TRADE, 

The  Board  has  protested  against  any  and  all  injurious  discrim- 
ination in  rates  of  freight  or  monopolies,  and  has  interested  it- 
self for  the  regulation  of  inter-state  commerce. 

It  has  aided  in  securing  mileage  tickets  for  our  commercial 
travellers  at  the  lowest  possible  rates. 

For  an  equitable  distribution  of  the  Geneva  award,  the 
Board  took  early  and  effective  action. 

The  meeting  of  the  American  Association  for  the  advance- 
ment of  science  and  of  the  National  Board  of  Trade  in  this  city, 
were  suggested  by  the  Board. 

The  perfection  of  the  United  States  signal  service  at  this  port, 
and  the  greater  efficiency  of  life  saving  stations,  are  due  largely 
to  efforts  of  this  Board. 

The  change  of  system  and  removal  of  some  of  the  light  houses 
on  this  coast,  pressed  with  an  indecent  obstinacy,  bordering  on 
a  spirit  of  revenge  by  the  light  house  board,  because  the  people 
dared  to  remonstrate  against  such  a  dangerous  measure — en- 
gaged the  unceasing  efforts  of  the  Board,  until  the  people's  will 
prevailed. 

1884.  Took  action  towards   co-operating   with  members  of 
Congress,  in  devising  measures  looking  to  some  check  on  the  de- 
cline of  American  shipping,  through  the  so  called  Dingley  Bill, 
also  to  aid  in  perfecting  the  efficiency  of  the  Revenue  Marine 
Bill. 

Co-operated  with  the  state  commissioner  in  making  a  credit- 
able show  of  Maine  products  and  works  of  art,  at  the  New  Or- 
Xeans  Exposition. 

1885.  Secured  legislation  to  suppress  evils  growing  out  of 
itinerant  traders  and  peddlers  evading  license  and  taxation  by 
skipping  from  town  to  town. 

1886.  Took  action  to  secure   further  improvements   to  the 
harbor  and  deeper  water,  suitable  for  passages  of  largest  ships 
at  all  times  of  tide,  also  aided  New  York  Produce  Exchange  in 
preparing  a  revised  bill  of  Lading,  to  be  adopted  by  all  busi- 
ness houses  in  this  country  and  in  Europe — international. 


PORTLAND,   MAINE.  45 

Appointed  a  commission  to  co-operate  with  the  Grand  Trunk 
Railway  Company,  to  secure  adequate  elevator  facilities  for 
handling  grain  at  this  port. 

The  fisheries  and  the  troubles  on  the  Canadian  borders  have 
been  carefully  considered,  and  such  action  taken  in  the  pre- 
mises as  seemed  expedient,  while  yet  the  whole  matter  was  in 
the  hands  of  the  Executive,  and  under  treaty. 

1887.  Petitioned  Congress  and  urged  our  congressmen  to 
take  action  to  place  all  our  seaports  in  a  proper  state  of  de- 
fence, also  adopted  measures  to  prevent  the  diversion  of  our 
Railroads  from  their  intended  usefulness  to  our  city. 

As  an  arbirator  and  a  mediator  in  difficulties  arising  or  exist- 
ing between  indiviuals,  corporations  or  governments,  tending 
to  hinder  the  prosperity  of  the  people,  have  always  been 
promptly  and  effectively  met  by  the  Board  of  Trade. 

All  of  its  good  works  cannot  be  written  as  much  is  done  by 
constant  correspondence,  in  the  way  of  furnishing  statistical  in- 
formation of  the  business  of  the  port,  to  other  Boards  and  to 
commercial  houses  in  all  parts  of  the  country,  as  well  as  a  vast 
amount  of  information  to  Congress  and  the  several  departments 
of  the  general  Government.  Yet  enough  has  been  mentioned 
we  hope  to  give  an  idea  to  those  who  sometimes  ask  "What 
good  is  the  Board  of  Trade  to  Portland?" 


46  BOARD   OF  TRADE, 

JURISDICTION   OF  THE  BOARD 

OVER  PILOTS   AND   PORT  WARDENS. 

The  Board  of  Trade  by  its  charter  is  alone  authorized  to  ap- 
point pilots  and  port  wardens  for  the  port  of  Portland,  and  to 
issue  certificates  to  such  officers  under  its  official  seal,  and  this 
authority  is  not  only  recognized  by  the  Board  of  Trade  of  Lon- 
don and  by  the  government  of  Great  Britain,  but  also  by  all 
the  principal  ports  of  the  world,  and  though  it  has  not  been 
considered  necessary  from  the  well  known  ease  and  safety  of 
access  of  this  harbor  to  regularly  appoint  and  commission  pilots, 
as  there  always  so  many  experienced  pilots  at  hand,  yet  the 
Board  has  been  sometimes  called  upon  to  endorse  and  commiss- 
ion one  or  more  competent  persons  for  special  service,  as  in  the 
case  of  the  visit  of  the  Monarch  and  other  great  war  ships  of 
the  British  navy,  when  the  remains  of  George  Peabody  were 
sent  over  to  this  country. 

As  the  services  of  port  wardens  are  almost  constantly  in 
requisition  to  examine  the  stowage  of  sea  going  vessels  and 
ocean  steamers,  in  order  to  determine  condition  of  cargoes  and 
to  certify  to  damages  for  adjustment  of  insurance  indemnities. 
Such  officers  are  regularly  appointed,  qualified  and  furnished 
with  an  official  seal  to  affix  to  their  official  certificate,  which 
are  all  matters  of  the  most  careful  record  and  under  the  in- 
spection of  the  officers  of  the  Board.  Great  care  is  taken  to 
select  only  men  of  large  nautical  experience,  well  informed  in 
the  methods  of  commerce  and  navigation,  barratry  and  all  the 
laws,  rules  and  regulations  effecting  charter  parties  and  marine 
insurance,  as  well  as  the  customs  regulations.  And  when  at 
any  time  a  port  warden  is  found  to  be  incompetent,  the  Board 
has  authority  to  vacate  the  office  and  fill  it  with  a  competent 
person.  The  services  of  the  port  wardens  are  paid  by  fees 
based  upon  the  character  and  extent  of  the  services  performed. 
A  special  office  is  maintained  by  the  port  wardens  in  close 
proximity  to  the  shipping,  accessible  at  all  business  hours. 


<;Ki>R<;E  P.  WESCOTT. 


PORTLAND,   MAINE.  47 

The  nomination  of  a  suitable  and  competent  inspector  of 
grain  loading  vessels,  has  also  been  generally  conceeded  to  the 
Board  of  Trade  for  such  officers  at  this  port,  which  is  now  per- 
formed with  abilit}"  and  satisfaction,  by  the  intelligent  reporter 
for  the  American  Shipping  Lloyds  at  this  port.  Great  care  is 
exercised  by  the  inspector,  to  protect  underwriters — we  might 
here  add,  also,  that  the  Port  Wardens  are  enjoined  by  the 
Board,  to  exercise  great  care  in  certifying  to  the  stowage  of 
cargos,  as  well  as  in  the  handling,  so  that  merchandise  suffer  as 
little  as  possible  in  the  transportation  or  warehouse. 


RULES  AND  REGULATIONS. 


Applications  for  membership  received  at  any  meeting  of  the 
Board,  or  of  the  managers,  lie  over  until  the  next  meeting  of 
the  full  Board,  before  ballot  is  taken. 

ADMISSION  FEE  to  the  Board,  13.00. 

ANNUAL  ASSESSMENTS,  payable  on  the  first  of  January,  $3.00. 

To  the  Merchants  Exchange,  individual,  16.00. 

To  the  Merchants  Exchange,  firms  and  corporations,  flO.OO. 

Annual  meeting  of  the  Merchants  Exchange,  March  30th,  in 
each  year,  when  annual  assessments  commence. 

Annual  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trade,  the  second  Monday 
of  January  in  each  year. 

Special  meetings  of  the  Board  may  be  called  by  a  majority  of 
the  managers,  or  upon  written  request  of  ten  or  more  members. 

Stated  meetings  of  the  managers,  the  first  Thursday  in  each 
month. 

A  quorum  of  the  Board  consists  of  not  less  than  eleven  and 
of  the  managers  not  less  than  five  members,  including  a  presid- 
ing officer. 


48  BOARD   OF  TRADE, 


CONSTITUTION. 


ARTICLE  1. —  Officers.  The  officers  of  this  Board  of  Trade 
shall  consist  of  a  President,  three  Vice-Presidents,  seven  Di- 
rectors, a  Secretary,  and  Treasurer,  who  shall  constitute  its 
Board  of  Managers;  they  shall  be  chosen  annually  by  ballot, 
and  shall  hold  their  offices  until  others  are  duly  elected  and 
qualified  in  their  stead. 

ARTICLE  2. — Annual  and  Special  Meetings.  This  association 
shall  hold  an  annual  meeting  on  the  second  Monday  of  Janu- 
ary, at  half  past  seven  o'clock,  p.  M.,  but  special  meetings  may 
be  called  by  order  of  a  majority  of  the  Managers,  whenever 
they  may  deem  it  proper:  and  upon  the  written  application  of 
not  less  than  ten  members,  the  Mamagers  shall  call  said  meet- 
ing at  the  time  so  requested. 

ART.  3. — Monthly  Meetings  of  Managers.  The  Managers 
shall  meet  statedly  on  the  first  Thursday  of  every  month,  for 
the  transaction  of  such  business  as  may  come  before  them;  and 
at  the  annual  meeting  shall  present  to  the  association  a  report 
of  the  proceedings  of  the  past  year. 

ART.  4. —  Committee  of  Arbitration.  There  shall  be  appoint- 
ed annually  by  the  Managers,  a  Committee  of  Arbitration,  to 
consist  of  five  members;  two  of  whom  may  be  rejected  by  the 
parties  submitting  the  case,  and  their  places  supplied  if  the  said 
parties  so  request,  by  two  other  members  to  be  appointed  by  the 
Managers. 

The  Chairman  of  said  Committee  shall  be  designated  by  the 
Managers  at  the  time  of  its  appointment. 

ART.  5. — Duties  of  Committee  of  Arbitration.  The  duties  of 
the  Committee  of  Arbitration  shall  be  to  arbitrate  and  decide 
all  disputed  accounts  and  contracts,  and  all  controversies  of  a 


PORTLAND,   MAINE.  49 

mercantile  character,  which  may  be  brought  before  them  by 
the  members;  the  parties  having  previously  signed  a  bond,  for 
such  an  amount  as  said  Committee  may  require,  to  abide  by 
the  decision  of  the  same.  The  Secretary  of  the  Board  shall 
serve  as  the  clerk  of  the  Committee  of  Arbitration.  Any  mem- 
ber who  does  not  abide  by,  and  comply  with  the  decision  of  the 
Committee  shall  be  expelled  from  this  Association  by  order  of 
the  Managers. 

ART.  6. — Committee  on  Railroads  and  Steamboats.  There  shall 
also  be  appointed  by  the  Managers,  annually,  a  standing  Com- 
mittee on  Railroads  and  Steamboats,  to  consist  of  five  members, 
to  whom  shall  be  referred  all  matters  relating  to  the  transpor- 
tation of  merchandise  and  passengers  to  or  from  the  city. 
They  shall  annually,  and  whenever  they  deem  it  expedient, 
make  reports  to  the  Managers  or  Board  on  such  subjects  relat- 
ing to  the  various  railroad  and  steamboat  lines  connected  with 
our  city,  with  such  recommendations  for  the  action  of  the  Man- 
agers or  Board,  as  they  may  deem  it  advisable. 

ART.  7. — Duties  of  Secretary.  The  Secretary  shall  keep  a 
list  of  the  members  of  the  Association,  and  also  an  accurate  re- 
cord of  the  transactions  of  the  Managers  at  their  monthly  meet- 
ings, and  of  the  annual  meetings  of  the  members;  attend  the  sit- 
tings of  the  Committee  of  Arbitration;  record  their  decisions; 
give  notice  to  said  Committee  when  their  services  are  required; 
render  a  copy  of  their  verdicts  to  the  parties  in  the  case;  collect 
the  fees  of  arbitration,  and  all  other  moneys  due  the  Board,  and 
pay  the  same  over  to  the  Treasurer;  read  the  minutes  of  the 
last  meeting  at  the  monthly  meetings  of  the  Directors,  and  an- 
nual meetings  of  the  members;  and  report  the  proceedings  of 
the  Committee  of  Arbitration,  at  each  meeting  of  the  Managers; 
and  for  his  services,  when  faithfully  performed,  shall  receive 
such  compensation  as  the  Managers  shall  annually  fix. 

ART.  8. — Duties  of  Treasurer.  The  Treasurer  shall  receive 
from  the  Secretary  all  moneys  belonging  to  the  Board,  shall 
disburse  the  same  when  approved  of  by  the  President  or  one  of 
the  Vice-Presidents,  and  shall  report  the  receipts  and  expendi- 


50  BOARD    OF  TRADE, 

tures  at  each  monthly  meeting  of  the  Managers,  and  annual 
meetings  of  the  Association. 

ART.  9. — Funds  and  Assessments.  The  funds  of  the  Associa- 
tion shall  always  be  subject  to  the  control  of  the  Managers,  and 
they  shall  be  deposited  in  one  of  the  savings  banks  in  Portland, 
or  invested  when  the  amount  thereof  shall  exceed  two  hundred 
dollars. 

ART.  10. — Admission  of  Members.  Any  individual  (a  resident 
of  Portland)  may  become  a  member  of  this  Association,  on  pay- 
ment of  a  sum  not  exceeding  ten  dollars  in  advance.  Annual 
assessments  may  be  made,  and  any  refusal  to  pay  such  assessment 
for  one  year,  shall  be  considered  as  a  withdrawal  from  the  asso- 
ciation, and  the  name  of  the  party  shall  be  stricken  from  same. 
[See  Record  March  2,  1876.] 

ARTICLE  11. — By-laws — how  made.  The  Managers  shall  have 
power  to  make  such  By-laws  as  they  may  deem  necessary,  which 
shall  be  binding  upon  the  association  unless  rejected  or  amended 
at  the  next  meeting  of  the  association,  to  which  they  shall  be 
submitted  for  that  purpose. 

ARTICLE  12. — Amendments  to  Constitution.  This  Constitution 
shall  not  be  altered  or  amended,  except  at  a  special  meeting 
called  for  that  purpose  by  order  of  a  majority  of  the  Managers, 
a  printed  notice  of  which  meeting  and  the  proposed  alterations 
shall  be  transmitted  by  the  Secretary  to  each  member  of  the 
association. 


PORTLAND,    MAINE.  51 


BY-LAWS. 


ARTICLE  1. — A  Quorum.  The  President,  or  one  of  the  Vice 
Presidents,  shall  preside  at  all  meetings  of  the  Board,  and  also 
of  the  Managers.  A  quorum  of  the  Board  shall  consist  of  not 
less  than  eleven  members,  and  a  quorum  of  the  Managers  of  not 
less  than  four  directors,  together  with  the  presiding  officer ;  but 
in  the  absence  of  the  President  and  all  the  Vice-Presidents,  a 
President  pro  tem.  may  be  chosen. 

ART.  2. — Special  Meetings.  The  President,  or  in  his  absence 
either  of  the  Vice-Presidents,  shall  have  power  on  any  emerg- 
ency to  call  a  special  meeting  of  the  Board,  but  the  business  to 
be  acted  upon  at  such  special  meeting  shall  be  given  in  the 
notice  of  said  meeting,  and  no  other  acted  upon  but  by  unani- 
mous consent. 

ART.  3. — Admission  of  Members.  Every  person  desirous  of 
becoming  a  member  of  this  association  shall  be  proposed  at  a 
stated  meeting,  and  if  three  or  more  negative  votes  shall  appear 
against  any  candidate,  he  shall  not  be  admitted  a  member,  nor 
be  again  proposed,  until  after  the  expiration  of  six  months  from 
the  time  of  said  rejection.  On  becoming  a  member  he  shall 
sign  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws. 

ART.  4. —  Committee  of  Arbitration.  The  Committee  of  Arbi- 
tration shall  render  their  awards  in  writing  to  the  parties  in 
controversy,  through  the  Secretary  of  the  Board,  within  one 
week  after  their  decision  shall  have  been  made. 

ART.  5.  The  fees  of  the  Committee  of  Arbitration  shall  be 
left  discretionary  with  the  committee,  subject,  however,  in  case 
of  objection,  to  the  approval  of  the  Managers. 

ART.  6.  Any  member  desiring  the  services  of  the  Committee 
of  Arbitration,  shall  notify  the  Secretary  in  writing,  and  state 
the  character  of  the  case  to  be  investigated. 

ART.  7.  No  member  of  the  association  who  is  cognizant  of 
any  fact  or  facts  in  a  case  before  the  Committee  of  Arbitration, 


52  BOARD    OF  TRADE, 

shall  refuse  to  give  testimony  before  said  committee,  if  notified 
in  writing  by  the  Secretary  of  the  time  and  place,  when  and 
where  his  evidence  may  be  required;  upon  pain  of  expulsion 
from  the  association,  unless  he  can  give  a  satisfactory  excuse  for 
such  refusal. 

ART.  8. — Regular  Meetings.  The  monthly  meetings  of  the 
Managers  shall  be  held  on  the  first  Thursday  of  every  month, 
at  the  chambers  of  the  Board,  at  such  hour  as  may  be  ordered 
by  the  President;  written  notice  of  which  meeting  shall  be 
given  to  each  member  of  the  Board. 

ART.  9. — Expulsion  of  Members.  Any  member  who  shall  re- 
fuse or  neglect  to  comply  with  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws 
of  the  association,  may  be  expelled  by  the  vote  of  three-fourths 
of  the  members  present ;  but  a  notice  of  said  motion  shall  be 
served  on  him  by  the  Secretary,  previous  to  the  day  of  said 
meeting. 

ART.  10. —  Withdrawal  of  Membership.  Any  member  who 
may  wish  to  withdraw  from  the  association,  shall  give  written 
notice  thereof,  but  shall  not  be  permitted  to  withdraw  unless  he 
shall  have  paid  his  yearly  subscription. 

ART.  11. — Fees  and  Assessments.  In  addition  to  the  admission 
fee,  an  annual  assessment,  to  be  fixed  by  the  Managers,  shall  be 
collected  by  tjie  Secretary,  not  exceeding  three  dollars. 

ART.  12.—  Honorary  Membership.  The  Board  of  Directors, 
may  at  their  discretion,  admit  to  honorary  membership  any 
member  of  the  Board,  who  in  the  opinion  of  its  members,  may 
be  entitled  to  some  distinguished  mark  of  their  respect  and 
gratitude,  on  account  of  extraordinary  services  to  the  Board,  or 
long  and  faithful  membership,  provided,  that  he  shall  have  been 
proposed  at  a  preceding  meeting,  and  receive  a  unanimous  vote. 
Honorary  members  shall  not  be  subject  to  annual  assessments. 

ART.  13. — Port  Wardens.  No  person  shall  be  eligible  to  the 
office  of  Port  Warden  who  is  in  any  way  engaged  as  Ship 
Broker,  Shipping  Master,  or  any  one  interested  in  the  importa- 
tion or  exportation  of  merchandise,  or  inconsistent  with  the 
provisions  of  Revised  Statue  Laws  of  Maine. 


PORTLAND,   MAINE.  53 


PORT  WARDENS. 


PUBLIC  LAWS  OF  MAINE. 
SECTION  23,  PAGE  343.     REVISED  STATUES  OF  1883. 

SEC.  23. — Port  Wardens,  shall  be  elected  in  any  town  or  city 
situated  on  navigable  waters,  upon  the  petition  of  ten  or  more 
citizens  engaged  in  commercial  pursuits  therein. 

SEC.  24. — If  in  such  city  or  town,  there  is  a  Board  of  Trade 
duly  incorporated,  said  Board  shall  annually  elect  the  Port  Ward- 
ens; otherwise  the  municipal  officers  thereof  shall  annually  elect 
them. 

SEC.  25. — Said  Boards  of  Trade  by  their  managers  or  said 
municipal  officers,  shall  forthwith  on  complaint  of  any  person 
aggrieved,  after  hearing,  remove  for  cause  any  Port  Warden  by 
them  elected,  and  all  vacancies  shall  be  filled  by  said  authorities. 

SEC.  26. — Port  Wardens  shall  be  men  of  commercial  or  nau- 
tical experience,  and  shall  hold  office  one  year  from  each  elec- 
tion and  until  others  are  qualified  in  their  stead,  except  when 
removed  from  cause,  or  when  elected  to  serve  out  an  unexpired 
term;  and  they  shall  be  sworn  to  faithfully  perform  their  duties. 

SEC.  27. — They  shall  make  a  record  of  their  doings  and  keep 
the  same  in  their  office  for  inspection  at  any  time  free  of  charge, 
by  any  person  interested  therein. 

SEC.  28. — When  requested  by  any  person  interested,  Port 
Wardens  shall  proceed  on  board  of  any  vessel  on  her  arrival  in 
port  and  survey  her  hatches,  and  notice  if  they  are  properly 
caulked  and  secured;  and  if  they  have  been  opened  by  some 
person  not  a  Port -Warden,  that  fact  shall  also  be  noticed,  and 
all  the  facts  in  relation  to  the  hatches  of  said  vessel  shall  be 
entered  in  the  official  record. 

They  shall  also  examine  the  condition  and  stowage  of  the  car- 
go of  any  vessel,  and  if  any  portion  of  it  be  found  to  be  dam- 


54  BOARD    OF   TRADE, 

aged,  they  shall  inquire  into  and  ascertain  the  cause  thereof, 
and  make  a  memorandum  of  the  same,  noting  particularly  the 
marks  and  numbers  of  each  damaged  package,  and  shall  enter 
the  same  in  full  in  the  records  of  their  office ;  and  for  the  pur- 
pose of  ascertaining  the  extent  of  said  damage,  they  shall  exam- 
ine goods,  wares,  or  merchandise  of  any  description,  in  any 
warehouse  or  store,  or  on  any  wharf,  or  at  any  place  where  the 
same  are,  provided,  that  said  goods,  wares,  or  merchandise  are 
part  of  the  cargo,  and  are  claimed  to  be  damaged ;  and  they 
shall  note  particularly  the  marks  and  numbers  of  every  package 
examined  by  them,  and  the  extent  of  the  damage  received,  and 
all  the  facts  in  relation  thereto  shall  be  entered  in  the  records 
of  their  office. 

SEC.  29. — When  requested  in  writing  by  any  person  inter- 
ested, Port  Wardens  shall  also  survey  the  cargo  of  any  vessel 
arriving  in  port  in  distress ;  and  shall  make  and  record  in  the 
book  of  their  office,  a  full  and  particular  report  of  the  condition 
of  said  cargo,  and  of  the  recommendations  in  relation  to  the  dis- 
posal of  such  portions  of  the  same,  as  in  their  judgment,  may 
not  be  in  condition  for  re-shipment,  reference  being  had  to  the 
best  interests  of  all  concerned. 

SEC.  30. — When  requested  in  writing  by  any  person  inter- 
ested, they  shall  also  survey  any  vessel,  which  may  have  suffered 
wreck  or  damage,  or  which  may  be  deemed  unseaworthy ;  and 
such  Port  Wardens  shall  call  to  their  assistance  one  merchant 
and  one  shipwright,  both  of  whom  shall  be  competent  and  dis- 
interested persons,  and  shall  be  sworn  faithfully  to  perform 
their  duties  in  the  examination  and  survey,  and  said  Surveyors 
and  Port  Wardens  shall  examine  the  hull,  spars,  sails,  rigging 
and  all  appurtenances  of  said  vessel,  arid  make  and  record  in  the 
books  of  the  Port  Warden's  office  a  full  and  particular  report 
of  all  the  surveys  by  them  held  on  said  vessel,  specifying  what 
damage  she  has  sustained,  and  what  repairs,  in  their  opinion, 
are  necessary  to  render  her  again  seaworthy ;  and  the  aforesaid 
report  shall  be  presumtive  evidence  of  the  necessity  of  such  re- 
pairs and  of  the  sufficiency  of  the  same  when  made. 


PORTLAND,   MAINE.  55 

SEC.  31. — Port  Wardens  shall  be  allowed  fees  to  be  paid  by 
the  person  requesting  their  services,  as  follows :  For  survey  of 
hatches,  two  dollars ;  for  each  survey  of  cargo  on  shipboard,  one 
dollar;  for  certificate  of  stowage  of  cargo,  two  dollars;  for  each 
subsequent  certificate,  one  dollar ;  for  each  survey  to  ascertain 
extent  of  damage,  two  dollars ;  for  each  certificate  thereof,  two 
dollars ;  for  each  survey  required  by  section  twenty-nine,  four 
dollars ;  for  each  certificate  thereof,  two  dollars ;  on  each  survey 
as  required  by  section  thirty,  for  each  person,  two  dollars  ;  for 
each  certificate  thereof,  two  dollars. 

SEC.  32. — In  the  cities  and  towns  for  which  they  are  elected, 
Port  Wardens  shall  have  exclusive  jurisdiction  in  all  matters 
pertaining  to  their  duties,  as  specefied  in  this  chapter ;  and  any 
other  person  who  performs  or  attempts  to  perform  any  such 
duties,  in  any  city  or  town,  wherein  there  is  a  Port  Warden, 
forfeits  for  each  offense  one  hundred  dollars,  to  be  recovered  in 
an  action  by  any  prosecutor. 

NOTE. — Port  Wardens  should  have  their  certificate  renewed  annually  and  cer- 
tified by  the  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Trade,  the  same  to  bear  the  official  seal 
of  said  Board. 


66  BOARD   OF  TRADE. 


OFFICERS  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  TRADE 

FOB  1887. 


PRESIDENT,  JOSEPH  E.  BLABON. 

YICE  PRESIDENTS, 
JACOB  S.  WINSLOW,  WM.  G.  DAVIS,  EBEN  COREY, 

DIRECTORS, 

GEO.  W.  WOODMAN,   SAM'L  J.  ANDERSON,   GEO.  WALKER, 
WOODBURY  S.  DANA,  THEO.  C.  WOODBURY,  CHAS.  J.  WALKER, 

THOMAS  SHAW. 

TREASURER,    CHARLES  S.  FOBES. 
SECRETARY,    MARSHALL  N.  RICH. 

PORT  WARDENS, 
BENJ.  W.  JONES,  JAMES  L.  HOWE. 

STANDING  COMMITTEES. 

Committee  of  Arbitration. — FRANCIS  K.  SWAN,  RUSSELL  LEWIS,  HENRY 
M.  HOWES,  DAN'L  W.  TRUE,  JOSEPH  E.  BLABON. 

Committee  on  Bailroads  and  Steamboats. — SAM'L  J.  ANDERSON,  JOHN  B. 
COYLE,  FRED'K  SMITH,  WESTON  F.  MILLIKEN,  PAYSON  TUCKER. 

Committee  on  Merchants  Exchange. — M.  N.  RICH,  WILLIAM  W.  THOMAS, 
WM.  ALLEN,  JR.,  THEO.  C.  WOODBURY,  CHARLES  S.  FOBES. 

Meteorological  Committee.— CYRUS  H.  FARLEY,  WILLIAM  SENTER,  M.  N. 
RICH. 

Board  of  Manufactures.— WM.  W.  THOMAS,  JR.,  WOODBURY  S.  DANA, 
H.  J.  LIBBY,  CHARLES  E.  JOSE,  CHARLES  S.  FOBES,  WILLIAM  11.  WOOD, 
ALBION  LITTLE. 


JOSEPH  E.  KLABOX 


PORTLAND,   MAINE. 


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MEMBERS    OF    THE    BOARD    OF    TRADE, 
APRIL  7,  1887. 


Adams,  John  M. 
Atwood,  Levi  W. 
Allen,  Wm.  Jr. 
Anderson,  Samuel  J. 
Andrews,  Sullivan,  C. 
Allen,  Chas.  G. 
Allen,  William,  C. 
Anderson,  Horace. 
Brown.  Philip  H. 
Baxter,  James  P. 
Brown,  W.  W. 
Brown,  John  M. 
Blabon,  Joseph  E. 
Barker,  Clark  H. 
Burnham,  Geo.  Jr. 
Bean,  Wm.  H.  W. 
Barrett,  F.  R. 
Bailey,  F.  W. 
Burbank,  A.  L. 
Bickford,  C.  S. 
Brown,  Philip  G. 
Bolster,  M.  E. 
Bancroft,  Chas.  O. 
Barbour,  E.  Russell. 
Butler,  Harry. 
Boothby,  F.  E. 
Bartlett,  M.  M. 
Bain,  James. 
Berry,  Alfred  H. 
Bartlett,  Chas.  F. 
Best,  John  L. 
Belknap,  Chas.  W. 
Belknap,  Chas.  B. 
Bean,  I.  S. 
Brown,  Chas.  D. 
Corey,  Eben. 
Cram,  N.  O. 
Champlin,  J.  P. 
Carter,  James  E. 
Cammett,  Stephen. 
Chase,  Chas.  H. 
Clark,  D.  W. 
Cleaves,  Xathan. 
Cram,  Geo.  O.  K. 
Coyle,   J.    B.,  Jr. 
Cobb,  John  C. 


Chapman,  Chas.  J. 
Clifford,  Wm.  H. 
Cousens,  L.  M. 
Chisholm,  H.  J. 
Carney,  Fessenden  Y. 
Cushing,  Chas.  A. 
Chase,  Daniel. 
Conley,  Elisha  W. 
Champlin,  Augustus. 
Cook,  Charles. 
Chase,  Andrew  J. 
Dana,  W.  S. 
Davis,  Wm.  G. 
Drummond,  J.  H. 
Davis,  Hall  L. 
Deering  John  W. 
Deering,  Henry. 
Dewey,  H.  P. 
Dennison,  E.  B. 
Dow,  Fred  N. 
DeWitt,  John  E. 
Dow,  Sterling. 
Dole,  Chas.  E. 
Dyer,  Seth  C. 
Davis,  Geo.  E. 
Dewey,  A  G. 
Dow,  Joseph  H. 
Emery,  Mark  P. 
Emery,  Isaac. 
Emery,  John  A. 
Emery,  Daniel  F. 
Fox,  Henry. 
Fletcher,  J.  H. 
Fuller,  A.  P. 
Foster,  Geo.  F. 
Fobes,  Chas.  S. 
Farley,  C.  H. 
Ford,  Chas.  W. 
Farrington,  C.  J. 
Fickett,  J.  B. 
Foye,  Chas.  H. 
Foye,  Geo.  C. 
Gerrish,  Oliver. 
Gerrish,  J.  J. 
Goudy,  L.  A. 
Gibson,  M.  S. 


Gardiner,  N  S. 
Goding,  Marshall  R, 
Gilman,  Joseph  E. 
Hunt,  Geo.  S. 
Hali,  John  H. 
Hamlen,  J.  H. 
Hinkley,  Rufus  H. 
Harmon,  Chas.  C. 
Hersey,  H.  W. 
Hersey,  Seth  B. 
Haskell,  T.  H. 
Hay,  H.  H. 
Howes,  H.  M. 
Haskell,  S.  B. 
Howe,  James  L. 
Harris,  Benj.  F. 
Hobbs,  John  P. 
Haskell  Benj.  F. 
Haskell,  Chas.  O. 
Hall,  James  H. 
Hinds,  A.  S. 
Hilton,  W.  K. 
Hill,  Hollis  B. 
Hunt,  Geo.  A. 
Hall,  Albert  B. 
Jose,  Chas.  E. 
Jordan,  James  C. 
Jordan,  Fritz  H. 
Jackson,  Geo.  E.  B. 
Jones,  T.  Frank. 
Jones,  Benj.  W. 
Josselyn,  T.  A. 
Jones,  H.  L. 
Jost,  Daniel  F. 
Kensall,  D.  W. 
Kimball,  Geo.  L. 
Keazer,  James. 
King,  Joseph  A. 
Kent,  Edw.  W. 
Knowlton,  Wm.  J. 
Kendall,  A.  A. 
Libby,  H.  J. 
Loring,  Prentiss. 
Loriug,  Geo.  B. 
Libby,  F.  W. 
Leavitt,  William. 


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BOARD    OF  TRADE, 


Latham,  W.  W. 
Lewis,  Russell. 
Lappin,  J.  J. 
Little,  Albion. 
Lord,  John  N. 
Laughlin,  Alex.  T. 
Lamson,  J.  H. 
Libby,  George. 
Little,  X.  John. 
Little,  Frank  H. 
Laughlin,  Thos.  S. 
Milliken,  Charles  R. 
McLellen,  Jacob. 
Milliken,  Weston  F. 
Milliken,  Wm.  Henry. 
Merrill,  Charles. 
Martin,  John  K. 
Marrett.  James  E. 
McLellan,  E.  S.  E. 
Moore,  Geo.  M. 
Mosher,  Thomas  B. 
Morton,  Wm.  A. 
Nickerson,  Peter  S. 
Noyes,  Edward  A. 
O'Brion,  Lewis. 
Osgood,  H.  S. 
Proctor,  John  C.  [Hon.] 
Putnam,  Wm.  L. 
Perkins,  N.  M. 
Pullen,  Stanley  T. 
Palmer,  J.  S. 
Proctor,  John  F. 
Pierce,  Edw.  R. 
Pettingill,  A.  J.  ^ 
Peters,  Geo.  C. 
Pierce,  Arthur  W. 
Payson,  Chas.  H. 
Pennell,  Henry  B. 
Ryan,  Washington. 
Rich,  Marshall  N. 

Total  Number,  257. 


Richardson,  H.  W. 
Richardson,  R.  iM. 
Ricker,  H.  H. 
Rogers,  Alpheus  G. 
Rumery,  Jerome. 
Roberts,  W.  H.,  Jr. 
Rice,  Dexter  S. 
Redlon,  Nathan  E. 
Robinson,  J.  W. 
Smith,  Abial  M. 
Sweat,  T.  L. 
Shaw,  Thomas. 
Small,  S.  R. 
Smith,  James  H. 
Short,  Leonard  O. 
Senter,  William. 
Swan,  Francis  K. 
Simonton,  W.  H. 
Stephenson,  A.  B. 
Strout,  A.  A. 
Smith,  F.  A. 
Stanwood,  Geo.  M. 
Smith,  Fred'k. 
Stockwell,  J.  W. 
Sargent,  Charles. 
Sargent,  Edw.  H. 
Short,  Joseph  H. 
Smith,  Alonzo  W. 
Soule,  Wm.  H. 
Staples,  Horatio. 
Strout,  Chas.  B. 
Schlotterbeck,  A.  G. 
Sawyer,  F.  A. 
Stevens,  Samuel  A. 
Shaw,  Geo.  C.    ' 
Stockbridge,  Ira  C. 
Senter,  William,  Jr. 
Smith,  Lewis  B. 
Sylvester,  Geo.  W. 
Shaw,  Thomas  P. 


Snow,  Lucian, 
Spring,  E.  G. 
Sargent,  Horace  M. 
Snow,  D.  W. 
Shaw,  Horace  H. 
Trefethen,  George. 
Twitchell  John  Q. 
Thomas,  W.  W. 
True,  Geo.  W. 
True,  Daniel  W. 
Thomas,  W.  W.,  Jr. 
Thaxter,  S.  W. 
Thomas,  Elias. 
TomliDson,  Edw. 
Tucker,  Payson, 
Thomas,  John  P. 
Taylor,  Howard. 
Thurston,  Geo.  F. 
Woodman,  Geo.  W. 
Whitney,  Ammi. 
Waterhouse,  J.  W. 
Woodbury,  W.  H. 
Wescott,  Geo.  P. 
Winslow,  J.  S. 
White,  John  S. 
Woodbury,  Theo.  C. 
Walker,  George. 
Winslow,  E.  B. 
Watkins,  Geo.  H. 
Waldron,  Chas.  P. 
Wilson,  Bion, 
Waldron,  Edward  A. 
Webster,  Wm.  C. 
Williams,  M.  L. 
Webb,  James. 
Walker,  Chas.  J. 
Washburn,  Francis  A. 
Fork,  Edward  H. 
York,  John  W. 


PORTLAND,   MAINE. 


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OFFICERS  OF  MERCHANTS  EXCHANGE 

FOR  1887. 


M.   Nr.  RICFI, 

VVM.  ALLEX,  JR., 


DIRECTORS, 


WM.  W.  THOMAS, 
THEO.  C.  WOODBURY, 


CHARLES  S.  FOBES. 
REPORTER,  HERMAN  M.  RICH. 


MEMBERS  OF  THE  MERCHANTS  EXCHANGE, 
MARCH  30,  1887. 


•Allen,  Wm.  Jr. 
Atkinson,  Isaac  C. 
Brown,  J.  B.  &  Sons. 
Burgess,  Fobes  &  Co. 
Berlin  Mills  Co. 
Bailey,  F.  O.  &  Co. 
Burnham  &  Morrill. 
Bailey,  James  &  Co. 
Bailey,  Fred'k  W. 
Blake,  Wm.  L. 
Brown  &  Josselyn. 
Boston  &  Maine   R.R.  Co. 
Bailey,  H.  J.  &  Co. 
Bain,  Russell  &  Co. 
Corey,  Eben. 
Curchill,  E.  &  Co. 
Conant,  Patrick  &  Co. 
Canal  Bank. 
Chase,  Leavitt  &  Co. 
Curtis,  J.  B. 
Cummings,  Augustus. 
Clark  &  Chaplin. 
Chadbourn  &  Kendall. 
Casco  Bank. 
Chase,  Andrew  J. 
Cleaves,  N.  &  H.  B. 
Chapman,  C.  C. 
Cousens  &  Tomlinson. 


Clement,  Edwin. 
Cram,  N.  O. 
Cushman,  Rufus. 
Chandler,  S.  H. 
Coe,  A.  H. 
Crocker,  Frank  C. 
Chisholm,  Hugh  J. 
Cumberland  Bone  Co. 
Dana  &  Co. 
Davis,  Baxter  &  Co. 
Deering,  Henry. 
Deering,  Milliken  &  Co. 
Dow,  Coffin  &  Libby. 
Doten,  S.  H.  &  A.  R. 
Drummond  &  Drummond. 
Drowne,  Joseph. 
Davis,  Hall  L. 
Dry  Dock  Co. 
Dyer,  Chas.  A. 
Duncan  Bros.  &  Co. 
Emery,  Waterhouse  &  Co. 
Emery,  Isaac. 
Emery  &  Fox. 
Eastern  R.  R.  Co. 
Emery,  John  A.  &  Bro. 
Farrington,  Ira.  P. 
Freeman,  Ebenezer. 
Forest  City  Sugar  Ref'y. 


Fletcher  &  Co. 
First  National  Bank. 
Fuller,  A.  P. 
Fessenden,  Francis. 
Foss,  Frank  L. 
Farmer,  James  L. 
Ford,  Chas.  W. 
Foss,  Deering  &  Baker. 
Foss,  V.  Richard. 
Greenough,  Byron  &  Co. 
Gerrish,  J.  J. 
Grand  Trunk  Railway. 
Goudy  &  Kent. 
Gibson  M.  S. 
Hunt,  Geo.  S.  &  Co. 
Hamlin,  J.  H.  &  Son. 
Hersey,  H.  W. 
Howes,  Hilton  &  Harris. 
Hooper  Bros. 
Hunt,  Geo.  A. 
Haskell,  S.  B. 
Harding,  Richard. 
Hodgdon,  Geo.  L. 
Holmes  &  Payson. 
Ingraham,  C.  P. 
International  S.  S.  Co. 
Ingraham,  Geo.  T. 
Jose,  Chas.  E.  &  Co. 


60 


MERCHANTS  EXCHANGE, 


Jordan,  W.  S.  &  Co. 
Jordan,  A.  W. 
Josselyn,  T.  A. 
Kendall  &  Whitney. 
Kensell  &  Tabor. 
Kerosene  Oil  Co. 
Libby,  H.  J. 
Lewis,  R.  &  Co. 
Loring,  Short  &  Harmon. 
Little,  Thos.  J. 
Little,  A.  &  Co, 
Lappin,  J.  J. 
Loring,  Ansel  L. 
McLellan,  Jacob. 
McLaughlin,  Chas.  &  Co. 
Merchants'  Bank. 
Milliken,  W.  &  C.  R. 
Maine  Steamship  Co. 
Marr  &  Littlefield. 
Musgrave,  John  W. 
Maine  Savings  Bank. 
Maine  Central  R.  R.  Co. 
Meguire  &  Jones. 
Martin,  John  K. 
Moore  &  Wright. 
Motley  &  Co. 
Morse  &  Pinkhain. 
Mathias,  Solomon. 
Nash,  O.  M.  &  D.  W. 
National  Traders'  Bank. 
Norton,  Chapman  &  Co. 
Nickerson,  Josiah. 
Nutter,  Kimball  &  Co. 
O'Brien,  Lewis. 

Total  Number,  183. 


Perkins,  J.  W.  &  Co. 

Proctor,  John  F. 

Portland  Savings  Bank. 

Portland  Star  Match  Co. 

Portland  Gas  Co. 

Pierce,  Lewis. 

Payson,  H.  M.  &  Co. 

Portland  Steam  Packet  Co.  Simonton  &  Randall. 

Portland  and  Ogdensburg  Snow,  David  W. 

R.  R.  Co.     Twitchell,  Champlin  &  Co. 

Thomas,  Geo.  A. 

Trefethen,  George. 

Thomas,  W.  W. 
Thaxter,  S.  W. 


Smith,  F.  A.  &  Co. 
Sanborn,  N.  A. 
Shurtleff,  Aretas. 
Smith,  Abial  M. 
Snow,  Lucian. 
Strout,  A.  A. 
Sawyer,  A.  H. 


Portland  Water  Co. 
Portland  Company. 
Portland  &  Rochester 

R.  R.  Co. 


Patrons  Co-operative  Asso-True,  Calvin  S. 


ciation. 

Pettengill,  Andrew  J. 
Quinn,  James. 
Rich,  M.  N. 
Randall  &  McAllister. 
Reade,  Noah. 
Ryan  &  Kelsey. 
Ricker,  J.  S. 
Robertson,  A. 
Rice,  C.  M.  &  Co. 
Rollins  &  Adams. 
Rich,  Charles. 
Rich,  Andrew  J. 
Spring,  A.  &  S.  E. 


True,  S.  A.  &  J.  H, 
Thomas,  Elias. 
True,  D.  W.  &  Co. 
True,  Chas.  H. 
Union  Mutual  Life  Ins.  Co. 
Underwood  Co. 
Woodbury  &  Moulton. 
Winslow,  J.  S.  &  Co. 
Woodbury  &  Latham. 
Waldron,  F.  A.  &  Son. 
Wood,  William  R. 
Woodman,  True  &  Co. 
White,  D.  &  Sons. 
Walker,  George. 


Shaw, Hammond  &  Carney  Willard,  E.  G. 
Smith,  James  H.  Waterhouse,  J.  W. 

Swan  &  Barrett.  Wescott,  Joseph  &  Son. 

Stevens,  A.  B.  Waite,  E.  F. 

Senter,  William.  Watkins,  Geo.  H. 


PORTLAND,   MAINE.  61 


PORTLAND. 


Portland,  on  Casco  Bay,  is  the  commercial  metropolis  of 
Maine,  a  port  of  entry  and  seat  of  justice  of  Cumberland  Coun- 
ty, 105  miles  N.  E.  of  Boston,  and  292  miles  S.  E.  of  Montreal, 
pleasantly  situated  on  a  peninsular,  about  3  miles  in  length  from 
E.  to  W.,  and  rises  at  each  extremity  into  considerable  eleva- 
tion, 161  feet  on  the  eastern,  and  175  \  feet  on  the  western  ex- 
tremity, giving  the  city  a  beautiful  appearance  as  approached 
from  the  sea.  Its  breadth  averages  about  a  mile,  though  much 
wider  at  its  eastern  termination,  and  also  at  its  junction  with 
the  main  land.  Its  harbor  is  one  of  the  best  on  the  Atlantic 
coast,  the  anchorage  being  protected  on  every  side  by  land, 
the  communication  of  the  ocean  easy  and  direct,  and  the  depth 
sufficient  for  the  largest  ships,  and  is  never  closed  by  ice. 

The  city  is  regularly  laid  out  and  handsomely  built,  chiefly  of 
brick.  Several  of  the  streets  are  remarkable  for  their  elegance 
and  length,  Congress,  the  principal  thoroughfare,  extends  from 
Mun joy's  Hill  on  the  East  to  Bramhall's  Hill  on  the  West.  It 
is  also  noted  for  its  beautiful  shade  trees,  of  which  there  are 
not  less  than  3000  scattered  throughout  the  town. 

Prominent  among  its  public  buildings  are  'the  City  Hall, 
Court  House,  marble  Post  Office,  elegant  Custom  House,  and 
"Falmouth  Hotel,"  one  of  the  most  imposing  structures  in  the 
city,  and  unsurpassed  in  appointments. 

It  contains  several  flourishing  literary  institutions  and  public 
libraries,  and  a  large  number  of  churches,  including  Universa- 
list,  Unitarian,  Congregationalist,  Methodist,  Baptist,  Catholic, 
Swedenborgian,  &c.,  and  a  superior  school  system. 


62  BOARD    OF  TRADE, 

Portland  enjoys  excellent  facilities  both  for  ocean  commerce 
and  inland  trade.  In  addition  to  its  superior  harbor  advant- 
ages, it  has  railway  communication  with  the  seaboard  for  many 
hundred  miles.  The  Grand  Trunk  Railway  and  the  Portland 
and  Ogdensburg  connects  Portland  with  Montreal  in  Canada, 
thereby  forming  a  direct  channel  for  the  rich  commerce  of  the 
river  St.  Lawrence  and  of  the  great  lakes,  while  steamers  be- 
tween this  port  and  Liverpool  are  constantly  crossing  the  At- 
lantic. There  are  also  many  other  railroads  centering  here,  and 
connecting  with  all  the  great  systems  of  the  country. 

The  manufactures  of  Portland  are  peculiar  to  a  commercial 
city.  Ship  building  has  been  long  and  successfully  carried  on 
until  of  late.  Sugar  of  every  quality  is  manufactured,  and  the 
manufacture  of  boots  and  shoes  has  grown  to  be  very  extensive. 
The  financial  institutions  consist  of  six  banks.  The  city  is 
lighted  with  gas  and  electric  lights,  and  abundantly  supplied 
with  pure  water.  It  is  remarkably  healthy,  never  having  been 
visited  by  any  contagious  diseases,  and  has  a  population  of 
40,000. 

The  power  of  Portland,  the  source  of  all  its  power  as  yet, 
its  anticipated  and  risen  prosperity  and  wealth,  lies  in  its  port, 
— innumerable  islands  covered  with  verdure  and  trees,  near  the 
city,  lend  a  charm  more  to  the  beauty  of  this  harbor — is  roman- 
tically situated  and  is  the  deepest  on  the  whole  coast  of  the  At- 
lantic. 

She  has  a  weekly  line  of  steamers  to  Europe  for  six  months 
in  the  year,  varying  in  capacity  from  2,500  to  4,000  tons  each. 
Also,  a  fortnightly  line  comprising  ships  of  great  carrying  ca- 
pacity and  strength  to  Brisrol  E. 

The  Glasgow  freight  steamers  also  come  to  this  port  in  the 
winter  months,  and  occasional  steamships  from  London,  as  well 
as  large  British  sailing  freight  ships,  bringing  salt  or  coal,  and 
taking  out  grain. 

There  is  also  a  line  to  Halifax  and  Yarmouth,  N.  S.;  a  line  to 
St.  John,  via  Eastport ;  a  line  to  New  York  and  Boston,  and 
several  coast  steamers. 

Sixty-five  railroad  trains  leave  and  enter  the  city  daily,  hav- 


PORTLAND,   MAINE.  63 

ing  connection  with  nearly  all  the  roads  in  New  England,  and 
traversing  through  119  towns  in  Maine,  by  which  the  business 
of  a  population  of  278,437  has  a  direct  centre  in  Portland,  which 
has  now,  with  her  Marginal  Railway  of  nearly  five  miles  around 
the  city,  unlimited  facilities  for  moving  and  transferring  freight, 
as  cars  can  pass  on  to  nearly  all  the  wharves,  where  ships  of  the 
largest  capacity  can  lay  afloat  in  30  feet  of  water. 

The  Elevator  capacity  is         .         .  150,000  bush  grain, 

Other  warehouse  capacity  is         .         .      450,000     "         " 
Elevator  transfer         "  .         .         30,000     "       daily, 

with  other  merchandise  transfer  capacity  almost  unlimited. 

There  are  two  dry  docks,  the  largest,  425  feet  long  by  100 
feet  wide,  and  the  smaller  one,  175  feet  long  by  80  feet  wide. 
The  Banking  capital  of  Portland  is         .         .  13,500,000 

Deposits  in  Savings  Banks,         .         .         .         .        8,000,000 
Products  of  her  manufacturing  industries         .  9,000,000 

Sales  of  merchandise,  per  annum,         .         .         .    46,000,000 

Valuation  of  the  city, 31,821,012 

The  facilities  for  building  cars,  locomotives,  and  steamers  are 
ample  for  present  demands,  and  railroad  iron  and  steel  rails  are 
manufactured  quite  extensively. 

Portland  is  a  half  day's  sail  nearer  to  Europe  than  any  other 
port  in  the  United  States,  and  the  ingress  and  egress  to  her 
spacious  harbor  is  so  safe  and  easy  as  to  require  no  system  of 
pilotage. 


MARSHALL  X.  RICH. 


CONTENTS. 


Page. 

Preface 3 

Official  Seal 4 

Presidents,  (terms) 5 

Sketches  of  Presidents 6 

Treasurers  of  the  Board 9 

Secretaries  of  the  Board 9 

Past  Active  Members 10 

Origin  and  History  of  the  Board 1 1 

Original  Officers  and  Members 13 

The  Incorporation 14 

Early  History  of  the  Board 15 

Steamship  "  Sarah  Sands  " 16 

Steamship  "Great  Eastern " 18 

Visit  of  Western  Merchants 19 

The  Great  Clam  Bake 21 

Important  Work  of  Board 23 

Detroit  Commercial  Convention 29 

Great  Fire  of  1866   31 

Portland  &  Worcester 32 

Social  Meetings 34 

The  Merchants  Exchange 37 

Summary  of  Work .  .  * 40 

Jurisdiction  of  the  Board ...    46 

Rules  and  Regulations .' 47 

The  Constitution 48 

The  By-Laws 51 

Port  Wardens'  Laws 53 

Officers  and  Standing  Committees. 56 

Members  of  the  Board , 57 

Officers  and  Members  of  Merchants  Exchange 59 

Portland's  Advantages 61 

Duty  of  the  Hour, 65 

Cards  of  Principal  Business  Firms  and  Corporations  follow. 


BUSINESS   CARDS.  67 


ORTLAND  IAYINGS  I/INK, 

No.  83  Exchange  Street,  Portland,  Maine. 

The  following  exhibit  shows  the  state  of  the  Bank  April  16,  1887  : 


Deposits  ........................................................  $5,976,209.36 

Interest  ........................................................       140,228.66 

Reserve  Fund  ...................................................       292,000.00 

Rents  ............  ..............................................          4,142.42 


56,412,580.44 

United  States  Bonds $    500,000.00 

Public  Securities i  ,904,740.00 

Loans  to  Corporations 314. 500.00 

Loans  with  Collaterals   1,133,180.51 

Loans  on  Mortgages 7Sl'7°9-°S 

Real  Estate 245, 504. 22 

Bank  Stock 98,020.00 

Railroad  Bonds 1,41 2,000.00 

Railroad  Stock 20,000.00 

Expense 4,041.61 

Premium 9,875.00 

Cash 19,010.05 

$6,412,580.44 

©J.IVER    GERRISH,    Pres.  EDWARD    A,    NQYES,    Tseas. 


No.  198  Middle  Street,  Portland,  Maine. 

The  following  exhibit  shows  the  standing  of  the  Bank  April  16,  1887  : 
EXHIBIT. 

Deposits  (Depositors  15,182) $4,415,521.36 

Interest 72,162.77 

Reserve  Fund  and  Profits 180,434.17 

$4,668,118.30 
INVESTMENTS. 

United  States  Bonds $    190,000.00 

City,  Town  and  County  Bonds i  ,979,995.00 

Bank  Stock .' 21,250.00 

Railroad  Bonds 1,729.500.00 

Railroad  Stock 9,000.00 

Mortgages 339, 189.42 

Loans,  with  Collaterals 61,395.00 

Real  Estate 1 16,693.42 

Corporation  Bonds 185,000.00 

Premium 8,891 . 10 

Expense 3,332. 10 

Cash 23,871.26 

54,668,118.30 
SAMUEL  ROLFE,  Pres.        CHA.S.  FOBES,  Vice-Pres.        A.  G.  ROGERS,  Treas. 

TKUSTEES:— Samuel  Rolf e,  Charles  Fobes,  Mark  P.  Emery,  RufusCushman,  Daniel  W.  True, 
William  G.  Davis,  Eben  Corey  and  Alpheus  G.  Rogers. 


68  BUSINESS   CARDS. 


ORTLAND  f  RUST  iOO)P/5NY, 


FIRST    IfATIO^AJ,    BANK 

Receives  Deposits  and  Loans  Money.     Legal  Depository  for  Admin- 

istrators, Assignees,  Guardians,  Trustees  and  Courts.     Author- 

ized Trustee  or  Agent  Jor  Corporations.     Accepts 

and  Executes  Legal  Trus's. 

INTEREST    ALLOWED    ON    DEPOSITS. 
H.  J.  LIB  BY,  PRESIDENT.  H.  BUTLER,  SECRETARY. 


HARRISON  J.  LIB  NY,  Portland;  WILLIAM  G.  DAVIS,  Portland;  MARK  P. 
EMERY,  Portland;  PHILIP  HENRY  BROWN,  Portland;  CHARLES  F.  LIBBY, 
Portland;  WILLIAM  W.  BROWN,  Portland;  FREDERICK  N.  Dow,  Portland; 
FREDERICK  ROBIE,  Gorhara;  SAMUEL  A.  HOLBROOK,  Freeport;  R.  B.  SHEP- 
HERD, Skowhegan;  ANDREW  P.  WISWELL,  Ellsworth;  HENRY  S.  OSGOOD, 
Augusta. 


HARRISON  J.  LIBBY,  MARK  P.  EMERY, 

SAMUEL  A.  HOLBROOK,  WM.  G.  DAVIS, 


anking   Company, 


No.  53  Exchange  Street,  Portland,  Maine. 

$1CO,OOO.OO. 


Transacts  a  General  BANKING  BUSINESS.     A  Financial  Agent  for  In- 

dividuals and  Corporations.     Authorized  Depository  for  Admin- 

istrators, Executors,  Assignees,  Guardians,  Trustees  and  Courts. 

INTEREST    PAID    ON    DEPOSITS. 
The  DEBENTURE  BONDS  issued  by  this  Company  are  a  Safe  and  Profitable  Investment, 


SELDEN  COXNOK,  PRES.  WESTOX  F.  MILLIKEN,  VICE-PRES. 

CHARLES  L.  MARSTON,  SECRETARY. 


THE  PRESIDENT,  ex-olficio. 
JOSEPH  W.  SPAULDING,  WILBUR  F.  LUNT, 

HOLLIS  B.  HILL,  EDWIN  STONE. 


BUSINESS   CARDS.  69 


+THE  FffiST  HATIOHAL  BAIL* 


FQRT-LANP, 


CAPITAL    STOCK,   $1.0OO,OOO.  SURPLUS   8112,256.09. 

HARRISON  J.  LIB  BY.  PRESIDENT.  J.  E.  WENGREX,  CASHIER. 


WM.  W.  BROWX,        H.  J.  LIBBY,         MARK  P.  EMERY,         ALBION  LITTLE, 
PHILIP  H.  BROWX,  FREDERICK  ROBIE,  WM.  G.  DAVIS. 

CANAL   NATIONAL  BANK, 

NO.     £88     MIDDLE     STREET. 
INCORPORATE!*    1865.  CAPITAL   86OO.OOO. 

W.  W.  THOMAS,  PRESIDENT.  GEO.  C.  PETERS,  CASHIER. 


W.  W.  THOMAS,        ELI  AS  THOMAS,  Vice-Pres.,        JOHN  N.  LORD, 
BEXJ.  C.  SOMERBY,    F.  W.  BAILEY,    FRAXCIS  FESSEXDEX,    F.  R.  BARRETT. 

MERCHANTS'  HATIOHAL  BASK, 

NQ.    34    EXCHANGE    STREET. 

INCORPORATED    MAY    I,    1865. 
CAPITAL   $300,000.  UNDIVIDED  PROFIT   8175,OOO. 

JACOB  McLELLAX,  PRES.  GEORGE  S.  HUNT,  VICE-PRES. 

CHARLES  PAYSOX,  CASHIER. 


JACOB  MCLELLAX,        GEO.  S.  HUNT,        CHARLES  FOBES,        W.  S.  DANA 
J.  P.  BAXTER,  WM.  R.  WOOD,  D.  W.  KEXSELL. 


38 

INCORPORATED   JULY    17,    1K65.  CAPITAL    S3OO.OOO. 

WM.  G.  DAVIS,  PRES.  R.  O.  CONANT,  ViCE-Pi:i->. 

EDWARD  GOULD,  CASHIER. 


RlCIIAI!!)    O.    COXAXT,  WlLLIAM    G.    DAVIS,  R.    M.    RlCHARDSOX, 

CHAS.  O.  HASKELL,  WM    >.  DAVIS. 


70  BUSINESS   CARDS. 

CASCO    NATIONAL    BANK, 


INCORPORATED  APR.  26,  1865.       CAPITAL,  $800,000.       SURPLUS  «39O,OOO. 

STEPHEN  R.  SMALL,  PRES.  JACOB  S  WINS  LOW,  YICE-PBES. 

MARSHALL  R.  GODING,  CASHIER. 


STEPHEN  R.  SMALL,  JOSEPH  WALKER,   GEO.  P.  WESCOTT,  AMMI  WHITNEY, 
JACOB  S.  WINSLOW,        EDWARD  H.  DAVIES,        FRANK  A.  PITCHER. 


J^ational 


STZRJSZET. 

INCORPORATED  AUG.  6,  1865.  CAPITAL,  $25O,OOO. 

H.  N.  JOSE,  PRES.  W.  II.  MOULTON,  VICE-PRES. 

W.  H.  SOULE,  CASHIER. 


HORATIO  N.  JOSE,  JOHN  C.  TUKESBUKY,  CHAS.  P.  INGRAHAM, 

JAMES  S.  MARRETT,      DANIKL  W.  TRUE,       NATHAN  CLEAVES, 

WILLIAM  H.  MOULTON. 


§    MWRRBTT, 

IB  .A.  1ST  1C 


7 
186  Middle  Street,  Canal  Bank  Block, 


RUFUS   H.    HINKLEY.  GEO.    H.    RICHARDSON.  HENRY    ST.    JOHN   SMITH. 

PULLBN,  CROCKER    &   CO., 


INTO.     33      ZE2£C]EZ-<£_2SrC3-E      ST., 

Members  of  the  N.  Y.  Stock  Exchange.     Private  Wire  to  New  York 

and   Boston.     Investment  Securities  for  Sale.     New  York  Cor- 

respondents, Charles  Head  £  Co.,  New  York  and  Boston. 

STANLEY   T.    PULLEN.  FRANK   C.    CROCKER. 


BUSINESS  CARDS.  71 

« 

WOODBURY  4  JiOULTON, 
IB  .A.  1ST  IEC  IE  IR, 

176  Middle  Street,  cor.  Exchange  Street, 


Personal  and  prompt  attention  given  to  any  inquiries. 

State,  Municipal,  Railroad  and  Water  Bonds,  bought  and  sold. 

THEO.    C.   WOODBUBY,  WM.   H.    MOULTON,  EDW.    H.    TOKK. 


1.  1.  IROWN  k  IONS, 


2I8  Middle  Street,  Portland,  Me. 

Deposits   Received.      Collections    made    in    the    United    States,   Canada 

and  Europe.      Travelers'  Letters  of  Credit   issued,  available  in  all 

European  Cities.     Sterling   Bills  drawn  on   Great  Britian  and 

Ireland,  and  Sight  Drafts,  (in  the  currency  of  the  Coun- 

tries}, on   Paris,  Berlin,  and  other  European   Cities. 


LOXDOX,  MELVILLE  EVANS  &:  Co. 

DUBLIN,  THE  MUNSTER  BANK. 

LEIPSIC,  KXAUTH,  NACHOD  &  KUHNE. 

MONTREAL,  BANK  OF  MONTREAL. 

BOSTON,  SHAWMUT  NATIONAL  BANK. 

BOSTON,  FOOTE  &  FRENCH. 

NEW  YORK,  -  CONTINI  NTAL  NAT'L  BANK. 

NEW  YORK,  -  -  -  FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK. 


72  BUSINESS   CARDS. 


ARETAS  SHURTLBFF, 


BONDS,  BANK  AND  RAILROAD  STOCK, 

NO.  194,  MIDDLE  STREET, 

Three  Doors  West  Cana]  Nat'l  Bank,  PORTLAND. 


ESTABLISHED,  1854. 


H.  M.  PAYSON  &  CO., 


FOI8TULM®,  - 

CHAS.  H.  PAYSON,  GEO.  F.  THURSTON,  GEO.  S.  PAYSON. 

*PORTLAND*MARINE*UNDERWRITERS* 

No.  191-2  Exchange  St.,  Portland,  Me. 

Are  prepared  to  Issue  Policies  of  Insurance  on  Hulls,  Freights  &  Eargoes. 


ADVISORY  COMMITTEE.—  WM.  LEAVITT,  Chairman,  (of  Chase,  Leavitt 
&  Co.,)  SET  ii  C.  DYER,  (of  S.  C.  Dyer  &  Co.,)  FRITZ  II.  JORDAN,  (of  W.  S. 
Jordan  &  Co.;  Jos.  P.  THOMPSON,  (of  Geo.  S.  Hunt  &  Co.,)  HENRY  P.  DEWEY, 
(of  J.  S.  Winslow  &  Co..)  HORACE  M.  SARGENT,  (of  Sargent,  Lord  &  Skillin,) 
GEORGE  TREFETHKN,  (of  Geo.  Trefetheii  &  Co.) 


RYAN  &  KBLSBY, 


AND    DEALERS    IN 

SHIP  STORES  AND  CHANDLERY,  PLYMOUTH  CORDAGE. 

AGENTS    FOR   THE 

NEW  BEDFORD  COPPER  COMPANY, 

RnNXE  and  YELLOW  METAL   SHEATHING,  in  suits,  delivered  at  any 
convenient  port. 

243  Commercial  Street,  Portland,  Me. 

WASHINGTON    RYAN,  S.    IJ.    KEI.SEY. 


BUSINESS   CARDS.  73 


1835.       OLDEST!  CHEAPEST  I  BEST  I       1887. 

The+New+  EnglandrMutual 


LIFE  INSURANCE 

OF    BOSTON      MASS. 

Leads  all  other  Companies  in  its  Maine  Business  !—  Why  ? 

Because  it  is  Old  !  —  Conservative  !  —  Safe  !  Because  it  has  a  more 
liberal  policy  contract  than  any  of  its  competitors.  Because  of  the  Mil- 
lion dollars  paid  to  the  widows  and  orphans  of  its  Maine  policy  hold- 
ers, not  a  single  claim  has  been  contested  !  Because  during  its  history 
of  over  forty  years  in  Maine,  the  Company's  record  has  been  kept 
perfectly  clean. 

This   Company   issues   nothing  but  ENDOWMENT  POLICIES, 
which  are  fully  protected  from  forfeiture  by  the  Massachusetts  laws. 

tt^pr"  Before  insuring  elsewhere  call  upon;  or  address, 

V.  RICHARD  FOSS,  Gen'l  Agent. 

176   MIDDLE    STREET,    PORTLAND,    3IAINE. 

-  TELEPHONE,  243.  - 

C.  M.  RICE  &  CO. 

DEALERS  IX 

•  Boards,  •  Bool^,  •  Weto?  •  and  •  Colored 
PAP 


OF  EVERY  DESCRIPTION. 

,  WRAPPING  PflPER,  PflPER  Wl&g  4  TWINE, 

16  EXCHANGE  STREET, 


C.    M.    KICK,  A,    II. 


74  BUSINESS  CARDS. 


ESTABLISHED  IN  1841,  BY  H.  H.  HAY  &  CO. 


DRUGS,  MEDICINES  &  CHEMICALS, 

PAINTS,  OILS,  VARNISHES,  DYE  STUFFS,  &c., 
JUNCT.  FREE  AND  MIDDLE  STS, 


HENRY   H.    HAY, 
CHARLES   H.    HAY, 


A.  S.  HINDS, 

Dru^ist  ai?d  /Ipo 


CORNER  PINE  SND  BRflCKETT  STREETS, 


JOHN  W,  PERKINS  &  Co, 


Wiotesale 


AND  DEALERS  IN 


^  " 

d  J 


ecrj 

94  &  96  Commercial  St.,  and  2  &  4  Custom  House  Whf, 
PQRTK&ND,  ME, 

JOHN  W.  PERKINS,  J.  HENRY  CROCKETT, 

BENJ.  A.  PERKINS,  WILLIAM  S.  KYLE.; 


BUSINESS  CARDS.  75 


BURGESS,  FOBES  &  CO. 


MANUFACTURERS  OF 


ine  d>o?orA  in  ©if  of|t) 


LIQTJIID     IF^IISTTS. 

IMPORTERS  OF 


ENGLISH  VARNISHES  AND  DRY  COLORS. 


DEALERS  IN 


Paints,  Oils  and  Painter's  Supplies, 

106  and  108  Commercial  St. 


FACTORY,- -55  and  57  Munjoy  St.,  53  and  55  Becket  St. 


IMPORTERS  AND  DEALERS  IN 


SON, 

Labrador  Coo1,  Straits,  Bail  Shore  &  Neat's  Foot 
=OIILjS- 


FRATT'S    ASTRAL    OIL, 

Paraffine,  Rosin,  Machinery,  and  Illuminating'  Oils. 

33  AND  35  COMMERCIAL  STREET, 


JOHN   CONLEY,  E.    W.    CON  LEY. 


76  BUSINESS   CARDS. 

W.  L    BLAKE  &  CO., 


-MANUFACTURERS  OF- 


Fine  Engine,  Valve  and  Cylinder  Oils, 

,      AND  "PORTLAND  LUBRICATING  GREASES." 

-  MANUFACTURERS'  AGENTS  FOR  - 

RAILROAD,   STEAMSHIP    AND    MILL    SUPPLIES. 

OFFICE,  109  &  111  COMMERCIAL  STREET,  FACTORY,  REAR  23. 
F»O  RTXi  AND. 


®UMBERLAND  lONE  @0., 


MANUFACTURERS   OF 


^Cumberland  Super-  Phosphate.^ 

Office,   2  1-2  Union  Wharf,   Portland,  Maine. 

WORKS   AT   BOOTH  BAY,   MAINE. 

I 


WHOLESALE   DEALERS   IN 


FLOUR,  GRAIN  AND  FEED, 

Eye  &  Graham  Flour,  Oat  and  Eye  Meal,  Pressed  Hay  and  Straw, 

12,  14  &  16  Pearl  and  333  &  335  Fore    Street,    Portland,  Maine- 

CAPISIC     MILL,     DTCKI-tIN-0-. 

JOHN   J.    I.APPIN.  THOS.    J.    LAPPTN. 

IE.  coisiE-sr  «sc  co., 

195    &,    197    COMMERCIAL    STREET, 

IMPORTERS   AND   DKALERS   IX 


Best  Refined  and  Common  Bar  Iron,   Norway  and  Swedes  Bar  Iron,  Norway  and 

Swedes  Shapes,  Hoop,  Band  and  Scroll  Iron,  Oval,  Half  Oval  and  Half  Round 

Iron,  Horse  Nail  Rods,  Cast,  German   Blister  Steel,   Spring  and  Calking 

Steel,   Tire  and  Sleigh  Shoe  Steel,   Axles,   Side  and   Elliptic  Springs, 

Horse  Shoes  and  Horse  Nails,  Wheels  and  Bent  Rims,  Hubs  and 

Spokes,  Hickory  Shafts,  Tire  Benders,  Rasps  and  Files,  Eagle 

Carriage  Bolts.  Fifth  Wheels  and  King  Bolts,   Malleable 

Castings,  Nuts,  Cast  and  Wrought  Washers,  Smith's 
I'ellows,  Anvils,  Vises  and  Screw  Plates,  Cable  Chains  and  Borax. 

CUMBERLAND  COAL,  CARRIAGE  HARDWARE,  BLACKSMITH'S  TOOLS,  &c. 


BUSINESS   CARDS.  77 

KJSTAULISIIED,   1801. 

J.  &,  E.  R.  BARBOUR, 

DKALKI5S    IX 

RUBBER  GOODS  OF  EVERY  DESCRIPTION. 

BGENTS  FOR  JflRVIS  ENGINEERING  COMPANY. 

STEAMBOAT  AND  RAILROAD  SUPPLIES. 

Cylinder   and  Lubricating  Oils,   Engineer   Supplies,   and  Steam 
Machinery    Appliances. 

8  and  1O  Exchange  Street,  Portland,  Me. 

J.J.GERRISH&CO. 

GENERAL  RAILROAD  &  ENGINE  SUPPLIES 

MANUFACTURERS   OF 

^RAILROAD   SIGNAL    LANTERNS.^ 
Tin  and  Sheet -Iron  Work  to  Order. 

No.  41  COMMERCIAL  ST.,  PORTLAND,  ME. 

5ewall  Safety  Qar  JH  eating  Qo. 

CONTROLS  STEAM  FROM  ANY  SOURCE 

Perfectly,   with   entire  Safety  and  the  greatest  Economy.     A  single 

valve  in  each  car,  and   heat  in   each   managed   independently  of 

any  and  all  others.     Has  been  tested  from  thirty    degrees 

below  to  fifty  degrees  above  zero,  and  in  all  tests  of  long 

trains  Enginemen  declare  draught  on  their  engines 

to  be  imperceptible. 

This  system  has  given  perfect  satisfaction  throughout  the  winter  in 
daily  regular  use  on  Maine  Central  Railroad.  Is  being  supplied  to 
many  New  England  Roads.  Inquiry  or  inspection  will  satisfy  the 
most  skeptical  that  in  safety,  simplicity,  economy  and  completeness  it 
is  unrivaled.  Inspection  of  system  on  regular  trains  of  Maine  Cen 
tral  Railroad  is  solicited. 

Illustrated  description,  Estimates  of  equipment,  etc.,  furnished  on 
application  to 

SEWALL  SAFETY  CAR  HEATING  CO.,  PORTLAND,  ME. 


78  BUSINESS  CARDS. 


m 


MANUFACTURERS   OF 


Steamboat,  Locomotive,  Tnlralar,  aM  Dmibt  Tutelar  Fine  ait  Cylinder 


Ships'  Water  Tanks  and  Engineers'  Supplies, 

49  COMMERCIAL,  CORNER  FRflNKLIN  STREET. 

PORTLAND,     ME. 

MBGQUIBR  &  JONES, 

(SUCCESSORS  TO  C.  A.  DONNELL,) 

plain  \  DMamenW  M$$  \  Ifoq 

SHIP  AND  HOUSE  PLUMBING  A  SPECIALTY. 

Iron  Work  for  Buildings,  Columns,  Lintels,  Girders,  Window  Guards, 
Patent  Sidewalk  Lights  and  Gratings,  Wire  Guards  and  Railings. 

C.  R.  MILLIKEN,  Pres't.  J.   W.  LEAVITT,  Treas. 

PORTLAND*  ROLLING  *Mi 

MANUFACTURERS  OF 

EXTRA,  STANDARD,  FOREST  CITY, 

REFINED  AND  COMMON 

MERCHANT  BAR  IRON, 

FISH  PLATES  AND  R,  R.  SPIKES, 
PORTLAND,  MAINE, 


BUSINESS  CARDS. 


79 


K-TABLISHED    IN    1808. 


GO. 


AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN 

Dry  and  Pickled  Fish. 

Eastern  Distributing  Agents  for 

HIGGIN'S  EUREKA  SALT. 

188,  19  O  ciTLcL  192  Commercial  Sfreet. 

HEAD  OF  CENTRAL  WHARF, 


WOODBUBY  S.  DANA. 


SAMUEL  F.  BEABCE. 


JOHN  A.  EMERY  &  BROTHER, 


IMFOKTZRS  OF  SALT. 

Head  of  Union  Wharf,      -      PORTLAND,  ME. 


JOHN  A.  EMERY, 


HANNIBAL  H.  EMERY. 


W.  S.  JORDAN  &  CO., 


DEALERS   IN 


FRITZ  H.  JORDAN, 
WINTHROP  JORDAN. 


8c 

No.  1 02  Commercial  Street, 

OPPOSITE  CUSTOM  HOUSE, 

PORTLAND,  ME. 


80 


BUSINESS   CARDS. 


CHARLES  J.  ffALKER  &  CO., 


HARNESSES  AND  LEATHER, 


157,  159  and  161  Middle  Street, 


CHARLES  J.  WALKER, 


ALFRED  H.  BERRY. 


F, 


MANUFACTURERS   AND   JOBBERS   OF 


Boots,  Shoes  and  Rubbers, 


't  «MN 


HORACE  H.  SHAW, 


EDWIN  L.  GODING. 


MANUFACTURERS  OF 


3STo.  ISO  3UCid.d.le  Street, 

PORTLAND,    ME, 

manufacturers  of  HAND-TURNS  in  the  State.    Every  variety 
of  Machine  and  hand-sewed  goods  made,  to  meet  the  wants  of  best  retail  trade. 


BUSINESS   CARDS. 


81 


ESTABLISHED    1866. 


INCORPORATED    1883. 


PORTLAND  CEMENT  PIPE  AND  STONE  Co., 


MANUFACTURERS  OF 


If  i  111 

_^:R,T   TILES,   VJ^SES,    IETO. 

J.     W.     STOCKWE££,     treasurer    and     Manager, 


2<3= 


BOSTON    OFVICE,    NO.    72    WATER    STREET. 


ESTABLISHED   1855.  INCORPORATED  1882, 

CLARK    <St    CHAPLI1T    ICE    CO., 

Successors  to  D.  W.  CLARK  &  CO., 


DEALERS  AND  SHIPPERS   OF 


0  O 


Storage  Capacity,  200,000  tons.     Ice  houses,  Kennebec  River,  Pittston,  Bbwdoin- 

ham,  Sebago  Lake,  Cape  Elizabeth  and  Portland. 

DIRECTORS:    D.  W.  CLARK,  Pres.,  ASHBEL  CHAPLIN,  Treas.,  DAVID  DINNIS,   J.   S. 
WINSLOW,  M.  W.  CLARK. 


ARE  THE  LARGEST  MANUFACTURERS  OF 


LADIES    AND   GENTS- 


Restaurant   and   Dining 


No.    43 


82 


JWS/XESS  CARDS. 


GEORGE    C.    FRYE, 

WHOLESALE   AND  KETAIL   DEALER  IN 


SPONGES,    TOILET   ARTICLES,    &c., 

NOS.  320  &  322  CONGRESS,  CORNER  FRANKLIN  STREET, 

,     MAINE. 


MAURICE,  BAKER  &  CO., 


•MANUFACTURERS   OF- 


EXTRACTS 

AND  BAKER'S  GREAT  AMERICAN  SPECIFIC, 

Office  and  Salesroom,  216  Middle  Street,  under  Falmcuth  Hotel, 


.     MAI  IV  K. 


c. 

NO.    4    EXCHANGE    STREET, 

MANUFACTURER  OF 

flcwd    fnr   PhiipnliPQ     Pflrci     QtoQinhnQtc1     oto 
trldfth  lul   ulllllulltjd,   udlh,   oiudllllJudih,   Gil,, 

BEVELED    PLATE    AND    MIRRORS, 

Spectacle    Lewises    ^Csude  -to    Ord.er. 


F.  O.   BAILEY  &   CO., 

MANUFACTURERS   OF 

DESKS  &  SHOW  CASES, 

Store  and  Office  Outfits, 

Agents  for  Smith  &  Co.'s  Desks,  Hall 
Safe  and  Lock  Co.,  Howe's  Scale  Co., 
Cressey    Coffee   Mills,   Knight    Cheese 
Safes,  Popular  Oil  Tanks,  etc. 
PORTLAND,    MAINE. 


CARDS.  83 


WHOLESALE    AND    RETAIL   DEALERS   IX 


IR  IIST  I 

DRAPERY  AND  UPHOLSTERY  GOODS, 

Arcade,  No.  28  Free  Street,  PORTLAND. 

IRA.    C.     STOCKBRIDCE, 

124   Exchange    Street,    Portland, 

Sleet  Music,  Music  Books,  Musical  Instruments  &  Merchandise, 

Backs,  Folios,  Eolls,  Brass  Instruments,  Harmonicas,  Orguinetts, 
STRINGS  AND  TRIMMINGS   OF  ALL   KINDS, 

MAINE  LECTURE  AND   MUSICAL  AGENCY, 


H.  J.  BAILEY  &  CO., 

Successors  to  MARRETT,  BAILEY  &  CO., 

IMPORTERS    AND   DEALERS    IN 

A  DDTTTTWrC       D  ft  D1TD      Uf  n  TSFf^THTf^O 

AnrJillNUb?    rAJriiM    MJlMUMlr:), 

WINDOW    SHADES    AND    DRAPERIES, 

190  &  192  Middle  Street,  Portland. 

O. 


-DEALERS   IX- 


Tin  Plates,  Sheet  Iron,  Zinc  and  Wire,  Anthony  Wrought 

Iron  Furnaces,  Registers  and  Ventilators, 

Highland  Ranges. 

RICHMOND     STOVE    CO      RANGES     AND     FURNACES. 

We  are  the  agents  for  the  NEW  HUB   RANGE  with   Gauze  Orcn  Door.     Meats 
cooked  with  this  Range  retain  all  their  juice,  and  no  basting  is  required. 

O.   M.   &  D.   W.   NASH,  NO.   6  EXCHANGE   STREET. 


84 


BUSINESS   CAKDS. 


PACKERS    OF- 


[lei'inetic&IIjj  pealed  (joodg 


JE,    TQL 


CANNED 


LOBSTERS, 

MACKEREL, 

CLAMS, 

GREEN  SWEET   CORN, 

SUCCOTASH, 

BEEF, 

MUTTON, 

POULTRY, 

SOUPS,  ETC. 

Our  Goods  are  Prepared  in  our  own  Factories,  located  at 

Portland,  Maine,  U.  S. — Scarboro,  Maine,  U.  S. — Pine  Point,  Maine, 
U.  S. — Harrison,  Maine,  TJ.  S. — So.  Paris,  Maine,  U.  S. — Denmark, 
Maine,  U.  S. — Minot,  Maine,  U.  S.— Non-id gewock,  Maine,  U.  S. — 
Port  Clyde,  Maine,  U.  S.— Columbia  Falls,  Maine,  U.  S.— Little  Ken- 
nebeck,  Maine,  U.  S. — Casco,  Maine,  U.  S. — ^armington,  Maine,  U. 
S. — Dixneld,  Maine,  U.  S. — Auburn,  Maine,  U.  S. — Isaacs  Harbor,  N. 
Scotia. — Sober  Island,  N.  Scotia. — Carriboo,  N.  Scotia. — Port  Hood,  N. 
Scotia. — Mainadiew,  N.  Scotia. — Cape  Jobn,  N.  Scotia. — Harrigan 
Cove,  N.  Scotia. — Crow  Harbor,  1ST.  Scotia. — Beckerton,  N.  Scotia. — 
Point  Bettay,  N.  Scotia, — MacDonald's  Cove,  N.  Scotia. — Malagash, 
N.  Scotia.— Tor  Bay,  N.  Scotia.— Port  Felix,  K  Scotia.— Cuddles 
Harbor,  N.  Scotia. — Judigue,  N.  Scotia. 

Received  the  Award  of  Gold  Medal,  Paris,  1878,  Silver  Medal, 
London,  1883,  Gold  Medal,  New  Orleans,  1884-5,  Centennial  Medal, 
Pkila.,  1(S7G,  American  Institute  Medal,  New  York,  1874,  New  Eng- 
land Silver  Medal,  1877,  Maine  State  Silver  Medal,  1878,  for  super- 
ior quality  of  their  products. 

OFFICE  AND  PRINCIPAL  WAREHOUSES  IN  PORTLAND,  MAINE. 


BUSINESS  CARDS. 


85 


SipoFlaKe 


CHARLES  P.  MATTOCKS, 

PORTLAND,    ME, 

Packer  of  Canned  Goods, 

Under  the    Famous   SNOW    FLAKE    Bf?AND,   registered 
in  the   U.    S.    Patent   office. 


WINSLOW 

Portland, 


PACKING  CO. 


Mai 


ame, 


Packers  of  Canned  Goods, 

Including  Winslow's    Corn,    under   the    GLOBE   brand,    (registered 
trade  mark,)  the  oldest  Canned  Goods  brand  in  existence. 


AMERICAN   SYSTEM  '^ 

Arc  and  Incandesent  Lighting  &  Motor  Power 

OFFICES  &  CENTRAL  STATION,  12  TO  20  PLUM  STREET, 

DIRECTORS, 

FRAXKLIX  J.  ROLLIX-.  EDWARD  H.  GOFF. 

WILLIAM  R.  WOOD,  SILAS  GURNEY, 

FRANK  A.   SAWYER. 


OFFICERS, 

FRANKLIN  J.  ROLLINS,  President.  FRANK  A  SAWYER,  Treasurer. 

SILAS  GURNEY,  Vice  President.  CLARENCE  HALE.  Attorney. 

JOHX  T.  SAWYER,  Superintendent. 

Doing  Entire  Street  Lighting,  City  of  Portland,  by  Electricity, 


86  BUSINESS  CARDS. 


mmoe  s*  HOT 

W.  I  Importers  and  Com.  Merchants, 

EXPORTERS  OF  COOPERAGE  STOCK; 

And  Agents  for  Eagle  Sugar  Refinery,  Manufacturers  of 

Yellow  Sugars, 

169  and  i7i  Commercial  St.,  PORTLAND,  ME. 

GEO.  S.  HUNT,  JOSEPH  P.   THOMPSON.  FRED.  E.  ALLEN. 


MANUFACTURERS    OF    ALL   GRADES   OF 

Powdered,  Granulated  and  Coffee  Sugars, 

,  6RYSTAL  AND  SILVER 


Office,   165  Commercial  Street,        -        -        Portland,   Maine. 

GEO  S.  HUNT,  TREASURER. 

I  STABLISI1ED,  1867. 


'  0.  3{. 

SUGAR   BROKER. 

Office,  at  Forest  City  Sugar  Refining-  Co., 

164    (2ommc*cia-C    ^tecf,  fCottfcmb, 

J.  M,  MAMLEM 


ill  DEALERS  III  COOn,  HE  ID  C1ESAL  ffiiCllISE, 

No.  3O5  Commercial  Street, 


J.  H.  HAMLEN,  J.  C.  HAMLEN. 


BUSINESS   CARDS  87 


WOODMAN,»TRUE!'&»Ca, 

WHOLESALE    DEALEKS    IX 

Bry  Goods,  Woolens,  Fancy  Goods, 


CORNER  OF  MIDDLE  AND  PEARL  STREETS,  PORTLAND,  ME. 

• 

GEO.  W.   WOODMAN,  SETII   IJ.   IIEUSEY,  WM.  C.   WEHSTER. 


JOBBEKS  OF 


Dry  apd  papey  Qood5, 

236  and  238  Middle  Street, 


ALBIOX  LITTLE,  LEAXDEK  A.  WADE. 


W,  H.  MILLIKEN  &  CO. 


•AXD- 


U/holesale  Dry  (joods, 

Small  Wares,  Notions  and  Carpets, 

164  and  166  Middle  Street, 


88 


BUSINESS   CARDS. 


IR. 


[Successor  to  J,  M,  KlUERLL 

MANUFACTURERS   OF 


NEW  WAREROOMS  AND  MANUFACTORY, 

32  to  38  Union  Street,  Portland,  Jfle. 

C.  M.  &  H.  T.  PLUMMER, 


AND   DEALERS   IN 


Steam  and  Water  Pipes,  Valves,  Fittings, 

RAILROAD  AND  MILL  SUPPLIES, 
Nos.  48  to  52  Union  Street,  Portland,  Maine. 


-»£- 


Anthracite  &  Bituminous  Coal 

BY  THE  CARGO  AND  AT  RETAIL. 

Philadelphia  &  Reading  Coals,  and  Iron  Co.'s 
Coals,  for   Sale   by  the  Cargo. 

Coal  loaded  on  to  Cars  or  Vessels  direct  from  POCKETS,  Screened  in 

First  class  order. 
Disconnections  with  all  Railroads  running  out  of  Portland. 

Offices,  76  Commercial  Street,  70  Exchange  Street. 


BUSINESS   CARDS. 


89 


TWITCHELL,  CHAMPLIN  &  CO., 


WHOLESALE    GROCERS, 


JOHN   Q.    TWITCHELL. 


JAMES   P.    CHAMPLIN. 


LYMAX    M.    COUSENS. 


EDWARD   TOMLINSON. 


COUSENS    &    TOMLINSON, 


-WHOLESALE   DEALERS 


STAPLE  AND  FANCY  GOODS, 

FLOUR    AND     PROVISIONS, 

TEAS  A  SPECIALTY.  MOLASSES  A  SPECIALTY. 

311,  313  &  315  Commercial  Street,  Portland,  Me. 

ESTABLISHED  IN  1859. 


'157    i©    1S5 


PORTLAND,  MAINE. 


90 


BUSINESS   CARDS. 


T.   S. 


CO., 

MERCHANTS  &  SHIP  BROKERS 


REVERE  COPPER  CO., 

AM)  WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL   DEALERS   IX 

SHIP    STORES    AND     CHANDLERY, 

NOS.  135   &   137   COMMERCIAL   STREET,  PORTLAND,  ME. 

J.    S.    WINSLOW.  H.    P.    DEWEY. 

S.  W    THAXTBR  &  CO., 


LOUR,     .RAIN 


NOS.  2  &  3  GALT  BLOCK,  COMMERCIAL  STREET, 


s.  w.  TIIAXTEB. 


W.    II.    THAXTEK. 


Oentra.1    Street,    ZBostorci. 


NUTTER,    KIMBALL   &   CO., 

IMPORTERS  OF  SUGARS  AND  MOLASSES, 


MA\UFA(  TUUEUS  AND   DEALERS   IX 


AND    WHITE    BIRCH    SPOOL    WOOD, 

NO-   418   FORE  STREET,   PORTLAND,  MAINE. 


T.  NUTTER. 


GKO.L.  KIMBALL. 


WM.    H.    SCOTT j 

MANUFACTURER  OF 

Galvanized    Iron    and    Copper    Gutters, 
Cornices,  Window  Caps,  Mouldings,  &c. 

Agent  for  Austin's  Patent  Expanding  Water 
Conductor,  Abendroth  and  Root's  Spiral  Riv- 
eted Pipe,  Pumps  and  Ash  Barrels.  All  kinds 
of  Metal  Rooting  a  Specialty.  Also  Steamboat, 
Locomotive  Boiler  Stacks.  Snow  removed 
from  roofs.  Persons  troubled  with  Leaky 
Roofs  caused  by  ice  and  snow  freezing  on  the 
eaves  of  the  building  can  have  them  lined  up 
water  tight,  or  proper  ventilation  supplied. 

WM.    H.    SCOTT, 

29,   31   &  33    Union    Street,    Portland. 


BUSWESS  CARDS.  91 


s  ~cr  :EB  IE  T  -^    onsr    IBOHSTIDS- 

BANK  (  >KFICIALS  and  others,  who  are  required  to  give  Bonds  in  their  positions 
of  trust,  and  who  deshe  to  avoid  asking  friends  to  become  their  sureties,  or  who  may 
wish  to  relieve  friends  from  further  obligations  as  bondsmen,  should  apply  to  the 
agents  of  the 

American   Surety  Company,   of  Ne\v   York, 

CASH  ASSP:TS,  ?v,.-,n,ooo.  RICHARD  A.  KLMER,  PKESIDEXT. 

\V.    D.    LITTLE,    AGENT, 

No.    31    Exchange    Street,  PORTLAND,    ME. 

Refers  to  Jos.   K.   BLABON,   Esq.,  President  Board  of  Trade, 


DOW,    COFFIN    &    LIBBY. 

-HKUNDERWRITERS,*- 


-AND- 


GENERAL    INSURANCE    AGENTS, 

NO.     42     EXCHANGE     STREET. 

J.    H.    COFFIX.  FRANK    W.    I.IBBY. 


28     EXCHANGE     ST.,     PORTLAND, 


INSURANCE    AGENCY. 

Insurance  can  be  placed  in  this  Agency  at  as  Low  Rates  as  at  any 
agency  in  Portland. 


ROCTOR, 


-DEALER    IN 


No.    93    EXCHA.N:OK   STREET, 


92 


BUSINESS   CARDS. 


TONE  WARE  COMPANY, 


CO., 


-MANUFACTUKERS  OF- 


FIRE   BRICK, 


GREASE     TRAPS, 


CHIMNEY  TOPS, 

Terra  -Cotta  Garden   Vases,  Stone, 
Ware  Beef  Barrels, 

STONE  WARE   FOR  CHEMICAL  PURPOSES, 
RED    SOLE    TILE 


And  Dealers  in 

FIRE    CLAY, 

FIRE   MORTAR, 

KAOLIN,    ETC. 

DEPOT  AND  YARD, 

At  Eastern  Division  of  the  B.   &  M.   Rail- 
road,  Charlestown  District. 

OFFICE, 

8  LIBERTY  SQUARE, 

8  BATTERYMARCH  STREET, 
BOSTON,  MASS. 

Factory,    North    End   of   Deering's   Bridge, 
^ORTLAISTD,     ME. 


J.    N.   WINSLOW. 

P.    O.    BOX,  133*. 


E.    B.    WINSLOW. 
TELEPHONE    549-B. 


BUSINESS   CARDS. 


93 


ommission    penchant, 


MANUFACTURER    AND   DEALEIi   IN 


PACKING    BOXES    OF   ALL    SIZES,   MADE    TO   ORDER, 
324   Commercial  Street, 

HEAD  OF  BROWN'S  WHARF, 


MANUFACTURERS   AND   WHOLESALE   DEALERS  IN 

SPRUCE  LUMBER, 

Clapboards,  Shingles,  Laths  and  Pickets, 

OFFICE,  BERLIN  MILLS  WHARF, 


SHIPPING  AND  COMMISSION  MERCHANT, 

AND  MANUFACTURER  AND  DEALER  IN 

-•^COOPERAGE  STOCK,*^^- 

NO.  2O8   Commercial  Street, 
PORTLAND,  ME. 

GILBERT  M.  SOULE, 


MANUFACTURER   OF 


©ffi 


icc 


*  SHBRT^LU^BER, 

^ommerciaf  Afreet, 


MILLS  AT  GROVETOX,  N.  H. 


94 


CAKDS. 


B.  A.  ATKINSON  *  CO., 
House 


Corner    F*earl  and    Middle   Streets, 


Have  the  Largest  and   Best  Selected  Stock  of 


CHAMBER  FURNITURE, 

PARLOR  FURNITURE, 

CARPETS  AND  RUGS, 

STOVES  AND  RANGES, 

IN"     THE     COUNTRY. 

Examination    of  Goods    and    Prices    Respectfully    Solicited. 

ISAAC    C.    ATKINSON,     Manager. 


BUSIXKSS   CARDS.  l».*i 


ZHZOTJSIE 


,3xr. 

This  widely   known  Favorite  Summer  Resort,  (New  1885], 
Open  June  28th  to  October  1st,  1887, 

C.  R.  MILLIKEN   &  CO.,  Proprietors, 

C.  R.  MILLIKEN,  E.  A.    GILLETT. 


PORTLAND,  ME. 
The  Largest  and  Most  Elegantly  Appointed  Hotel  in  Maine, 

Just  refitted  and  furnished   with  new  and  costly  Furniture,  and 
every  luxury  usually  found  in  First  Class  Hotels. 

JOHN  K.  MARTlNj  PROPRIETOR. 

BURBANK,  DOUGLASS  &  CO. 

IMPORTERS    AND   WHOLESALE   DEALERS   IX 


J-.amp  Goods,  Chandeliers,  and  plated  Ware, 

NO-  242  MIDDLE  ST.,  PORTLAND. 

ALBERT    L.    BUKBAXK,  LINCOLN   R.    LORING. 


xWEBB  &  CUSHING.S: 


MANUFACTURERS  OF 

LADIES'  AND  MISSES' 


XOS.  7t>,  81  AND  S3  CROSS  STRKKT, 

PORTLAND,     ME. 


96 


BUSINESS   CARDS. 


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ESTABLISHED  IN  NEW  YORK,  1841;  BOSTON,  1843;  PORTLAND,  1868. 

EDWARD    RUSSELL    &    CO., 

81    MILK    STREET,    BOSTON. 

ALSO    IN   PORTLAND   AND  BANGOR,   MAINE,    WORCESTER    AND    LYNN,    MASS.. 

R.  G.  DUN  &  Co.,  314  and  316  Broadway,  83  Wall  Street,  and  61  Park  Street, 
N.  Y.,  and  in  all  the  leading  cities  in  the  United  States  and  Canada,  embracing 
ONE  HUNDRED  SIXTEEN  branch  and  associate  offices. 

We  have  extraordinary  facilities,  through  these  numerous  connections,  of  furnish- 
ing accurate  information  respecting  the  CREDIT  AND  RESPONSIBILITY  OF  BUSINESS 
MEN  throughout  the  country. 


OTJIR, 


BOOK! 


Issued  quarterly,  contains  the  location,  names  and  occupations  of  over  1,100,000 
merchants,  traders,  manufacturers,  bankers  and  business  men  generally. 

COLLECTION  DEPARTMENT.  No  organization  in  the  entire  country  offers  such 
secure,  prompt  and  economical  means  of  collecting  over  due  claims  as  this  agency. 

Terms  of  Subscription  may  be  obtained  of 

EDWARD  RUSSELL  &  CO,,      (T..  FRANK  JONES,  Manager,) 

31  B  EXCHANGE  STREET,  PORTLAND. 


This  institution  offers  superior  facilities  for  preparing  young  men  and  ladies  for  the 
counting  room  and  business  pursuits.  Terms  very  reasonable,  iu  fact  never  so  low  as  at 
present,  while  the  advantages  offered  have  never  been  eqalled. 

The  public  are  cordially  invited  to  call  and  examine  pur  new  rooms  and  our1  manner  of 
doing  business.  Catalogues  free.  Any  further  information  cheerfully  furnished. 


L.   A.    GRAY,    Principal, 


PORTLAND,    ME. 


-MANUFACTURERS    OF- 


Salesroom,  No.  22  West  Houston  Street,  New  York. 

FACTORY,    PORTLAND,    ME. 


BUSINESS  CARDS. 


97 


" 


It 


at  tl?e 


One  touch  of  the  finger  should  produce  any  character  used  by  the 
operator  of  a  writing  machine;  instruments  that  fail  to  accomplish 
this  are  deficient  and  do  not  fully  meet  the  necessity  that  brought 
them  forth.  These  facts  are  self-evident. 

The  No.  2  "  Caligraph  "  is  the  only  writing  machine  that  fully 
economizes  time  and  labor,  and  economy  of  time  and  labor  is  'the 
best  reason  we  know  for  soliciting  trade. 

Granting  that  we  are  at  the  front  in  this,  we  can  show  that  our  late 
improved  machines  excel  in  mechanical  merit,  durability,  and  beauty 
of  work. 


Over  15,000  " 


"  w  in  Daili) 


We  publish  400  letters  from  prominent  men  and  firms  which  are 
convincing. 

The  "Caligraph"  is  used  by  the  Board  of  Trade. 
For  specimens,  etc.,  address, 


NEW    ENGLAND 


BUSINESS  CARDS. 


Genfeal 


The  Great  Railroad  Thoroughfare  of  the  State,  extends  from  Portland 

to  and  beyond  Bangor,  to  Boundary  Line  of  Maine  and  New 

Brunswick,  uniting  the  Railroads  of  the  United 

States  and  Maritime  Provinces. 

This  road,  with  its  immediate  connections  REACH  EVERY  PART  OF  THE  STATE, 
the  most  important  Branch,  —  that  from  Bangor  to  Bar  Harbor  —  having  been  com- 
pleted in  1884,  forming  the  » 

ONLY  ALL  RAIL  ROUTE  TO  MOUNT  DESERT. 

Time  of  Express  Train  between  Boston  and  Bar  Harbor,  10  hours.  Nor  is  this 
famous  resort  the  only  one  to  which  this  road  leads,  as  it  is  also  the  route  to  be 
taken  for 

MOOSEHEAD    and    the    RANGELEY    LAKES, 

And  all  the  noted  Hunting  and  Fishing  Resorts  of  Maine  and  New  Brunswick,  as 
well  as  to  Boothbay,  Camden,  Northport  and  numerous  other  points  along  the  sea 
coast  and  in  the  interior,  which,  with  their  invigorating  atmosphere,  are  drawing 
increased  numbers  of  visitors  each  year. 

PULLMAN  SLEEPING  CARS  are  run  on  night  trains  between  Bosto^i,  Bangor,  and 
Bar  Harbor,  Bangor  and  St.  John,  St.  John  and  Halifax;  and  Pullman  Parlor  Cars 
on  day  trains  between  Boston,  Bangor  and  Bar  Harbor.  The  completion  of  the 
cantilever  bridge  across  the  St.  John  river  at  St.  John,  renders  through  cars  between 
Boston  and  Halifax  a  possibility. 

The  Portland,  Ht.  Desert  and  fflacMas  Steamboat  Company, 

1m   al§>a,;   Under   th©   Sam© 


Steamers  make  semi-weekly  trips  between  Portland  and  Machiasport,  leaving 
Portland  Tuesdays  and  Fridays  at  1  1  p.  m.  ,  or  on  arrival  of  train  leaving  Boston 
at  7  p.  m.,  touching  at  Rockland,  Castine,  Deer  Isle,  Sedgewick,  Southwest  and 
Bar  Harbors,  Millbridge,  Jonesport  and  Machiasport,  or  passengers  for  the  last 
three  named  points  can  take  train  to  Bar  Harbor  and  connect  with  steamer  there. 

Persons  desiring  to  get  rid  of  threatened  epidemics  will  find  more  delightful 
places  in  Maine  than  any  other  part  of  the  whole  country. 

Through  cars  run  from  Boston,  via  Boston  &  Maine  R.  R.,  Eastern  and  Western 
Divisions,  and  Tickets  and  information  can  be  obtained  at  their  depot  and  city 
offices,  as  well  as  at  all  Maine  Central  and  principal  ticket  offices  throughout  the 
country.  Send  for  Time  Tables. 

PAYSON   TUCKER,  Gen.   Manager. 
F.   E.   BOOTH  BY,  Gen.   Pass.  Agent. 


BUSINESS  CARDS.  99 


OSTON 

THE   DIRECT   ROUTE 


WHO  W  IFOBOS,  TMH  g$©PTH   ^LMB    WEST. 


LOW   FARES  AND   FREQUENT  TRAINS 


ALL  THE  GREAT   BEACHES. 

SCARBORO,    PINE    POINT,   OLD   ORCHARD,    SACO    AND    BIDDEFORD, 

KENNEBUNK,  WELLS,  SALMON  FALLS,  GREAT  FALLS, 

f)ovER,  ROCHESTER,  LAKE  'WINNIPESAUKEE, 

PORTSMOUTH,  EXETER,  HAVERHILL, 

NEWBURYPORT,  LAWRENCE, 
LOWELL,     NASHUA,     CLINTON,     WORCESTER,    SALEM,     LYNN    AND 


PARLOR  &  PULLMAN  gARS  ON  THROUSH  TRAINS. 

TICKETS  T0  ALL  P01HTS  WEST  AM  S00TH. 


JAMES  T.   FURBER,   Gen'l  Manager. 
DANA  J.   FLANDERS,   Gen.   Pass.   Agt. 
M.  L.  WILLIAMS,  Gen.  Agent. 


100  BUSINESS  CARDS. 


_  .  R 

**THE  POPBUI  BOUTE** 


-TO- 


Manchester,  Concord,  Nashua,  Lowell,  Worcester, 

SPRINGFIELD, 


PHILADELPHIA,      BALTIMORE, 

S  II  I  3ST  O-  T  O  IfcT  , 


THE    SHORT,    QUICK   ROUTE 


DETROIT, 

CHICAGO,  ST.  LOUIS, 

AND   ALL   POINTS   WEST. 


NO    TRANSFERS.     RAPID    TRANSIT. 

ELEGANT    PASSENGER    COACHES. 


TICKETS  AT  ALL  PRINCIPAL  TICKET   OFFICES. 
BAGGAGE  CHECKED  THROUGH  TO  ALL  IMPORTANT  POINTS. 

Depot  in   Portland,  Foot   I^reble  Street 
J.  W.  PETERS,  Superintendent. 


BUSINESS   CARDS.  101 


FOR 

Westbrook,  So.  Windham,  Sebago  Lake,  Steep  Falls,  Baldwin,  Hiram, 
Brownfield,  Fryeburg,  No.  Conway.  N.  H.,   Bartlett,  N.  H,,  with 
connections  for  North  Windham,  Naples,  Cornish,    Porter, 
Keazar  Falls,  Freedom,  Denmark,  Lovell,  Stow,  Chatham, 
via  Daily  Stages :  and  Bridgton,  No.  Bridgton,  Har- 
rison, Waterford,  via  Bridgton  &:  Saco  River  R.  R. 

THE  FAVORITE  PLEASURE  ROUTE  TO 

"Profile,"  "Crawford,"  "Fabyaif  and  "Sleif  Houses, 

SUMMIT     MT, 

AND    ALL   POINTS   IN 

"WHITE 

Bethlehem,  N.  H.,  Lancaster,  N.  H.,  Whitefield,  N.  H.,  Lunenburg, 

Yt.,  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.,  Morrisville,  Vt..  Johnson.  Yt.,   Highgate, 

Yt.,   Swanton,  Vt.,  Littleton,  N.  H.,  Lisbon,  N.  H.,  Bath.  X. 

H..  Woodsvilk,  N.   H..   Wells  River,    Yt..    Montpelier, 

Vt.,  Waterbury,  Yt..  Burlington,  Vt.,  St.  Albans,  Vt. 


-THROUGH   TRAINS   DAILY    TO- 


MONTRE1L  1MB  OGDENSBUIG, 

With  connections  at  St.   Johnsbury  for  Newport,   Sherbrooke    and    Quebec.       At 

Burlington  for  all  points  on  Lake  Champlain,  Lake  George  and  Saratoga. 

At  Norwood  and  Ogdensburg  for  points  in  Northern  and  Central 

New  York,  Niagara  Falls  and 


TO   SHIPPERS! 

The  PORTLAND  &  OGDEXSBURG  R.  R.  is  the  only  line  now  maintaining  traffic 
arrangements  with  the  "FAST  FREIGHT  COLOR  LINES"  for  direct  shipments  be- 
tween Portland  and  all  points  West. 


102  BUSINESS  CARDS. 

*UIHE  STE11S11P  COMPACT.* 

SEMI-WEEKLY  LINE  BETWEEN 

PORTLAND    AND    NEW   YORK. 


One  of  the  staunch  steamships,  WINTHROP,  (new),  Capt.  Albert  Bragg;  ELEA- 
NORA,  Capt  John  Bennett,  leaves  Franklin  Wharf,  Portland,  every  Wednesday  and 
Saturday  at  6.00  p.  m.  Leaves  Pier  38,  East  River,  New  York,  every  Wednesday 
and  Saturday  at  4.00  p.  m. 

Fares,  (in  State  Room),  between  Portland  and  New  York,  $5.00.  Round  trip 
tickets,  allowing  stop  over  at  Martha's  Vineyard,  $8.00.  Between  Portland  or  New 
York,  and  Martha's  Vineyard,  $4.00.  Round  trip  tickets  from  Portland  or  New 
York  to  Martha's  Vineyard  and  return,  $7.00.  Meals  extra. 

Freight  received  and  forwarded  to  and  from  all  points  south,  and  west  of  New  York  and 
east  ot  Portland.  For  freight  or  passage  apply  to 

J.   B.   COYLE,  Jr.,  Gen.  Agent,  Office,   Franklin  Wharf,  Portland. 
HORATIO  HALL,  Agent,   Office,   Pier  38   East   River,    New   York. 


DAILY   LINE   OF   FIRST   CLASS    STEAMERS   BETWEEN 

PORTLAND    AND    BOSTON. 

The  STAUNCH  AND  ELEGANT  STEAMERS  of  this  OLD  AND  RELIABLE 
LINE  leave  Franklin  Wharf,  Portland,  every  evening  (Sundays  except- 
ed),  at  7  o'clock,  arriving  at  Boston  in  season  for  connection  with  the 
earliest  trains  on  all  diverging  lines. 

RETURNING,  leave  India  Wharf,  Boston  every  evening,  (Sundays 
excepted),  at  7  o'clock  in  summer  and  5  o'clock  in  winter,  connecting 
on  arrival  with  all  railroad  and  steamboat  lines  for  eastern  points. 
No  loss  of  business  time  in  traveling  by  this  favorite  route. 

SUNDAY   TRIPS   DURING   SUMMER. 


J.  B.  G0YLE,  Manager.  J.  F.  MSG6MB,  Gen.  flgenl. 

GENERAL     OFFICES,     PORTLAND,     MAINE. 


BUSINESS  CARDS. 


103 


The  Passenger  Accommodations  of  the  Steamers  of  this 
Line  are  Elegant. 


Boston  and  Portland,  $1.OO.  Boston  an 'I  East  port,  $4.<>O. 

Boston  and  St.  .John,  $4.5O.  Boston  and  Calais,  $4. SO. 

Portland  and  St.  John,  $4.00.  Portland  and  Eastport,  $3.5O. 

Portland  and  Calais,  $4.OO. 


104  BUSINESS   CARDS. 


LORfflft  $W1$  \  HARMON, 


WHOLESALE    AND    RETAIL 


Booksellers  and  Stationers, 


AND   DEALERS    IN 


PAPER  HANGINGS 
m 

LANCASTER   BUILDING,   OPP.    PREBLE   HOUSE, 

t.,  . 


UTUAL* 

Life  Inguraiice  Gompaqij, 


1848. 
B.    IDeTT^ZTT, 


Assets  December  31  st,  1886,  $6,124,716.82 

Surplus  (Mass,  and  Maine  standard),        -  375,021,98 

Paid  Policy  Holders  more  than,  22,000,000.00 

Send  to  the  Company  or  any  of  its  Agents  for  circulars  explaining 
the  Maine  Non-Forfeiture  Law  and  the  attractive  plans  of  the  Union 
Mutual. 


cr. 


ANNUITY    ENDOWMENT    POLICY 


The  Travelers  Insurance  Co.,  Hartford,  Ct 


A   NEW  DEPARTURE  IX    LIFE    INSURANCE 


.AIST    niTSTJE/A.3SrCE     IBOUSTX), 

j;    Beneficiaries   as   usual   in   event   of   death,    and   providing   an 
ER  WITH  if  insured  lives  till  sixt     or  after. 


All  claims  paid  upon  receipt  of  proofs  in  both  Life  and  Accident  Department 
ind  without  discount.     Ask  for  the  new  departure  in  Accident  Insurance  also. 

FIRST  NATIONAL  BANK  BUILDING,   PORTLAND,  MB. 


PORTLAND  STAR  MATCHES. 


SAFEST.  SUREST  AND  BEST 

FOR    HOME    USE    OR    EXPORT. 

MANUFACTURED    ONLY   BY 

PORTLAND    STAR    MATCH    CO., 


M23558O 


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